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.[citation needed]
Dagshai army barracks and parade ground circa 1918; now schools and playing fields
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^From photo album of Private Robert Victor Soper, Hampshire Regiment; Titled "Our quarters, Dagshai; Kasouli Ridge behind, with Monkey Point 6,322ft"
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...
in Himachal Pradesh. The Ghaggar river originates near the village of Dagshai in the Shivalik Hills of Himachal Pradesh at an elevation of 1,927 metres...
meetings, tea and dinner dances, and galas. In 1915 regimental officers at Dagshai, Solan and Subathu could be admitted as honorary members. At Independence...
part of the meeting of the Board. Himachal Pradesh Bakloh (near Chamba) Dagshai (near Solan) Dalhousie Cantonment (Near Chamba) Jutogh (near Shimla) Kasauli...
Subathu and the overlying formation, but it is highly controversial. The Dagshai Formation has been dated back to the Oligocene-Miocene Epoch where it consists...
Chandigarh on Chandigarh-Shimla highway. It is tourist location among youngsters for hangout in natural landscapes and river bed. Kasauli Dagshai Barog v t e...
Central Command Clement Town Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command Dagshai Cantonment, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command Dalhousie Cantonment, Himachal...
Clement town, Dehradun Army Public School, Chennai. Army Public School, Dagshai Army Public School, Danapur Cantt Army Public School, Damana, J&K Army...
is a base station for the nearby tourist destinations, including Chail, Dagshai, Sabathu, Kandaghat, Kasauli, Rajgarh, Salogra and Churdhar peak. Situated...
universal sport it is today.[citation needed] The matches were played in Dagshai, near Shimla, with the inaugural final becoming a Scottish affair, where...
imprisonment and ten were acquitted. James Daly was shot by a firing squad at Dagshai Prison on 2 November 1920. He was the last member of the British Armed...
and Commonwealth forces. He was born as Edward Douglas Brown in Kasauli, Dagshai, India, the son of Frances Dorothy Synge-Hutchinson and David Philip Brown...
Hisar Alpine Public School, Nalagarh, Himachal Pradesh Army Public School, Dagshai Auckland School Shimla Bishop Cotton School Chail Military School Chinmaya...
the Barog Tunnel (No. 33), which is 1,144 m (3,753 ft) long, connecting Dagshai and Solan. The loops at Taksal, Gumman, and Dharampur help to attain flatter...
Beatrice Irwin (July 16, 1877, Dagshai, India - March 20, 1953, San Diego, California,) was an actress, poet, designer and promoter of the Baháʼí Faith...
Hisar Vidya Sanskar International School – Faridabad Army Public School, Dagshai – Solan Bishop Cotton School – Shimla Chail Military School – Chail Chinmaya...
three series, the Sabathu series consisting of grey and red shales, the Dagshai series of bright red clays and the Kasauli series sandstones. Towards the...
with famous tourist places like Solan town, Chail, Kasauli, Barog and Dagshai. Solan is famous for the production of off-season vegetables. Because of...
Mortimer Durand at Simla. The Durand Cup's initial matches were played in Dagshai and was created as a form of recreation for British troops stationed in...
are the Cellular Jail in Andaman, Heritage Jail Museum in Telangana, and Dagshai Central Jail & Museum in Himachal Pradesh. "Presidency Correctional Home"...
Mahar Regiment. After the IMA he was dispatched to 2 Mahar located at Dagshai in the Shimla Hills. Two months later due to threats from Pakistan troops...
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