The Doon School
The Doon School is a selective all-boys private boarding school in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, which was established in 1935. It was envisioned by Satish Ranjan Das, a lawyer from Calcutta, as a school modelled on the British public school while remaining conscious of Indian ambitions and desires.Photo: RickTyers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: School
- Description: boys‘ boarding school in Dehradun, India
- Also known as: “Doon” and “Doon School”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dehradun railway station and Rashtriya Indian Military College.
Dehradun railway station
Railway station
Photo: Superfast1111, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dehradun Terminal railway station is a railway station in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, on the Northern line of the Northern Railway network. It is owned by Indian Railways. Dehradun railway station is situated 2 km south of The Doon School.
Rashtriya Indian Military College
Military installation
The Rashtriya Indian Military College is a military school for boys and girls situated in Doon Valley, Dehradun in India. The RIMC is a feeder institution for the National Defence Academy, Indian Naval Academy and subsequently the Indian Armed Forces. Rashtriya Indian Military College is situated 1½ km north of The Doon School.
Tapkeshwar Temple
Hindu temple
Tapkeshwar Temple, also known as Tapkeshwar Mahadev Temple, is a temple in Dehradun dedicated to Shiva. The temple is on the bank of the Tons River, built on top of a natural cave, which holds the temple's main shivalinga. Tapkeshwar Temple is situated 3 km northwest of The Doon School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clement Town.
Clement Town
Hamlet
Clement Town is a cantonment town in Dehradun, Dehradun district, in the state of Uttarakhand, India. Clement Town is seven kilometres from the clock tower in main city of Dehradun. Saharanpur and Haridwar are 65 and 54 km respectively. Clement Town is situated 8 km south of The Doon School.
The Doon School
- Categories: boarding school, boys‘ school, private school, and education
- Location: Dehradun, Garhwal, Uttarakhand, Himalayan North, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
30.33398° or 30° 20′ 2″ northLongitude
78.0308° or 78° 1′ 51″ eastOpen location code
8J2W82MJ+H8OpenStreetMap ID
way 158385701OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolWikidata ID
Q3087343
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“The Doon School” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Die Doon Skool”
- Afrikaans: “Doon Skool”
- Afrikaans: “Doon-skool”
- Armenian: “Դուն դպրոց”
- Bengali: “দ্য দুন স্কুল”
- Catalan: “The Doon School”
- Chinese: “杜恩公學”
- Chinese: “杜恩學校”
- Czech: “The Doon School”
- Danish: “Doon-skolen”
- French: “Doon School”
- French: “La Doon School”
- French: “The Doon School”
- Gujarati: “દુન સ્કુલ”
- Hebrew: “בית הספר דון”
- Hindi: “दून विद्यालय”
- Irish: “Scoil Doon”
- Japanese: “ドゥーン・スクール”
- Marathi: “द डून स्कूल”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “The Doon School”
- Panjabi: “ਦੂਨ ਸਕੂਲ”
- Pushto: “ډان ښوونځی”
- Russian: “школа Дун”
- Slovenian: “Doon School”
- Swedish: “Doon School”
- Telugu: “ది డూన్ స్కూల్”
- Ukrainian: “школа Дун”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Main Field and South Garden.
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