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About the Book: Doon Rediscovered
Doon Rediscovered unfolds the realms of the historic town of Dehra Doon as it
was before and after the arrival of the East India Company. After the Gurkha
invasion, the entire region of Garhwal, Kumaon, and Dehra Doon began to decay,
till the advent of the British who, mesmerized by the Doon’s idyllic beauty,
even considered making it the capital of their Indian empire.
Under the British, the Doon economy began to thrive. Dr Royal, the
superintendent of the Saharanpur Botanical Gardens, recommended the experiment
of tea-cultivation. Silk trade flourished, and the administrative acumen of F.J.
Shore gave to Dehra Doon a network
About the Book: Doon Rediscovered
Doon Rediscovered unfolds the realms of the historic town of Dehra Doon as it
was before and after the arrival of the East India Company. After the Gurkha
invasion, the entire region of Garhwal, Kumaon, and Dehra Doon began to decay,
till the advent of the British who, mesmerized by the Doon’s idyllic beauty,
even considered making it the capital of their Indian empire.
Under the British, the Doon economy began to thrive. Dr Royal, the
superintendent of the Saharanpur Botanical Gardens, recommended the experiment
of tea-cultivation. Silk trade flourished, and the administrative acumen of F.J.
Shore gave to Dehra Doon a network