Dagshai
Sign in to saveDagshai, 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 (1,734-m) high hillock that stands sphinx-like astride the Kalka-Shimla Highway at a point about 11 km from Solan. It was founded in 1847 by the East India Company by securing free of cost five villages from Maharaja of Patiala aka Bhupinder Singh of Patiala. The names of these villages were Dabbi, Badhtiala, Chunawad, Jawag and Dagshai. The new cantonment was named after the last named village, as it was the largest and most s
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- Dagshai
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- Dagshai & Kumarhatti
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- town
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- Kumarhatti Dagshai Railway Station.jpg
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- Kumarhatti Dagshai Railway Station
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- India Himachal Pradesh#India
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- right
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- Location in Himachal Pradesh, India
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- Country
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- State
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- Himachal Pradesh
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- District
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- Solan
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- 1734
- Settlement.population_total
- 2904
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- 2011
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- auto
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8 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Dagshai Central Jail & Jail Museum
- Irish soldiers' mutiny, 1920
- Geography
- Demographics
- Religion (2011)
- Residential schools
- References
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 (1,734-m) high hillock that stands sphinx-like astride the Kalka-Shimla Highway at a point about 11 km from Solan. It was founded in 1847 by the East India Company by securing free of cost five villages from Maharaja of Patiala aka Bhupinder Singh of Patiala. The names of these villages were Dabbi, Badhtiala, Chunawad, Jawag and Dagshai. The new cantonment was named after the last named village, as it was the largest and most strategically located. The name Dagshai, according to a popular local legend was derived from Daagh-e-Shahi. During the Moghul times a Daagh-e-Shahi (royal mark) was put on the forehead of the criminals and sent packing to the then Dagshai village. thumb|Dagshai army barracks and parade ground circa 1918; now schools and playing fields
==Overview==