{"id":10187,"date":"2017-12-13T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T04:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=10187"},"modified":"2017-12-13T10:00:43","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T04:30:43","slug":"hill-stations-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=10187","title":{"rendered":"HILL STATIONS OF INDIA"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(\u2018h\u2019 stands for height above sea level)<\/em><\/h5>\n

Almora: <\/strong>h<\/em> 1676 metres<\/em> in Kumaon hills (Uttarkhand); nearest railway station is Kathgodam.<\/p>\n

Cheerapunji<\/strong>: h<\/em> 1358 metres<\/em>\u201448 km south of Shillong; place of heaviest rainfall in the world (average 1182 cm annually).<\/p>\n

Coonoor:<\/strong> h<\/em> 2054 metres<\/em> on the Nilgiri Hills in Tamil Nadu; it is reached from Ootacamund by rail.<\/p>\n

Dalhousie: <\/strong>h<\/em> 2397 metres<\/em> in Himachal Pradesh; 80 km from Pathankot.<\/p>\n

Darjeeling: <\/strong>h<\/em> 2184 metres<\/em> in West Bengal; Magnificent snow views of Mt Everest and Kanchanjangha.<\/p>\n

Gulmarg: <\/strong>h<\/em> 2697 metres<\/em> in Jammu & Kashmir; 48 km from Srinagar.<\/p>\n

Kalimpong<\/strong>: h<\/em> 1219 metres<\/em> near Darjeeling reached from Siliguri.<\/p>\n

Kasauli:<\/strong> h<\/em> 2200 metres<\/em> near Shimla reached from Kalka.<\/p>\n

Kodaikanal<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0h 2194 metres <\/em>hill resort in Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n

Kulu Valley:<\/strong>\u00a0h 2070 metres<\/em> A picturesque valley in Himachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n

Lansdowne: <\/strong>in Garhwal, Uttarkhand reached by N. Railway up to Kotdwar and then by motor service.<\/p>\n

Mahableshwar: <\/strong>h<\/em> 1372 metres<\/em> summer retreat of the Maharashtra government.<\/p>\n

Mt Abu:<\/strong> h<\/em> 1372 metres<\/em> (Rajasthan<\/em>) place of pilgrimage for Jains; celebrated Dilwara temples situated here.<\/p>\n

Mukteshwar: <\/strong>h 2171 metres\u00a0<\/em>in Kumaon hills (Uttarkhand); a beautiful spot; Government of India Veterinary Research Institute is located here.<\/p>\n

Mussoorie:<\/strong> h 2286 metres<\/em> in Uttarkhand; hill sanatorium; reached from Dehra Dun by motor; queen of hills.<\/p>\n

Nainital: <\/strong>h 1950 metres<\/em> in Uttarkhand.; magnificent lake; reached from Kathgodam or Haldwani by bus.<\/p>\n

Ootacamund<\/strong>: h 2286 metres<\/em> in Tamil Nadu (in the heart of the Nilgiris); summer Headquarters of Tamil Nadu government.<\/p>\n

Pachmarhi:<\/strong> h 1066 metres<\/em> in Hoshangabad; summer headquarters of Madhya Pradesh government.<\/p>\n

Ranchi: <\/strong>h 640 metres<\/em> capital of Jharkhand.<\/p>\n

Shillong<\/strong>: h 1524 metres<\/em> on Khasi and Jaintia Hills.<\/p>\n

Shimla: <\/strong>h<\/em> 2134<\/em> metres<\/em> capital of Himachal Pradesh reached from Kalka by rail as well as by motor service.<\/p>\n

Srinagar<\/strong>: h<\/em> 1600<\/em> metres<\/em> capital of Jammu and Kashmir State. It is a lovely and beautiful place for sight-seeing and attracts visitors from all over the world. It is situated on the river Jhelum.<\/p>\n

Vagamon<\/strong>: h 1200 metres<\/em> The Kerala government is building this unique tourist resort, described as the first hill destination to be planned after Independence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(\u2018h\u2019 stands for height above sea level) Almora: h 1676 metres in Kumaon hills (Uttarkhand); nearest railway station is Kathgodam. Cheerapunji: h 1358 metres\u201448 km south of Shillong; place of … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1307,1308,1309,1310,1311,1133,1312],"class_list":["post-10187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-hill-stations","tag-hill-stations-in-india","tag-hill-stations-india","tag-hill-stations-of-india","tag-india-toruism","tag-india-tourism","tag-india-tours","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}