Dagshai
Dagshai, also known as Daagh-e-Shahi, is one of the oldest cantonment towns in the Solan district of Himachal Pradesh, India. It is situated on top of a 5,689-foot high hillock that stands sphinx-like astride the Kalka-Shimla Highway at a point about 11 km from Solan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 2,990 residents
- Description: town in India
- Also known as: “Dagahai” and “Simla”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kumarhatti railway station and Barog railway station.
Barog railway station
Railway station
Photo: Vishmak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Barog Railway Station is a small railway station in the Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The station lies on UNESCO World Heritage Site Kalka–Shimla Railway. Barog railway station is situated 3 km east of Dagshai.
Dharampur Himachal railway station
Railway station
Photo: Avriti.chauhan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dharampur Himachal Railway Station is a small railway station in Dharampur town in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The station lies on UNESCO World Heritage Site Kalka–Shimla Railway. Dharampur Himachal railway station is situated 3½ km northwest of Dagshai.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Solan and Kasauli.
Solan
Photo: Shyamal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Solan town is a city in Himachal Pradesh. Located on the Punjab-Himachal Border, Solan is nestled in the Shivalik hills of the Himalayas. Solan has ancient temples and monasteries, and the city has one of the oldest breweries in the country.
Kasauli
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Kasauli is a small town in the state of Southern Himachal Pradesh located at an altitude of 1,927 m. The town is 77 km from Shimla and 70 km from Chandigarh.
Parwanoo
Town
Photo: Giridhar Appaji Nag Y, CC BY 2.0.
Parwanoo or Parwanu is a Municipal council in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is an industrial town. It has Himachal's biggest wholesale market. Parwanoo is situated 10 km southwest of Dagshai.
Dagshai
- Category: cantonment town
- Location: Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India, South Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Dagshai” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Dagshai”
- Bengali: “দাগশাই”
- Bishnupriya: “দাগশাই”
- Bulgarian: “Дагшаи”
- Cebuano: “Dagshai”
- Chinese: “Dagshai”
- Chinese: “达格斯海”
- Dutch: “Dagshai”
- French: “Dagshai”
- Hindi: “डगशाई”
- Irish: “Dagshai”
- Italian: “Dagshai”
- Malay: “Dagshai”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Dagshai”
- Newari: “दागश्री”
- Polish: “Dagshai”
- Portuguese: “Dagshai”
- Spanish: “Dagshai Cantonment”
- Swedish: “Dagshai”
- Vietnamese: “Dagshai”
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