Talk:Dehradun

Origin of Dun or Doon
Is the word "Dun" (Doon) truly indigenous to India from before the British Raj, or is this an Anglo-Indian word likening valleys between the Siwalik Hills and Lesser Himalaya to the Doon Valley of southwestern Scotland? Perhaps they share the characteristics of being fairly open valleys surrounded by low mountains. LADave 10:19, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

The word 'dun' means valley and 'dehra' means settlement or camp. Dehra came from before and Dun probably from the British. Tanyasingh (talk) 07:11, 28 February 2020 (UTC) TS

Provsional captial?
Is there any declaration/document which states that Dehradun is the provisional capital? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Manavendra pratap (talk • contribs) 08:01, 15 May 2007 (UTC). It can also be seen on the official website of the state http://uk.gov.in/ that Dehradun is temporary capital. Also, The State Government have constituted a commission called "Rajdhani Chayan Aayog" uk.gov.in/pages/view/425-rajdhani-chayan-ayog for choosing a suitable capital (including Dehradun). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Satisch (talk • contribs) 08:22, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

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Posting Advertisements
People should refrain putting names of privately funded institutions. They are absolutely not required. I believe when we portray a city. We don't really have to show, we have McDonalds, Barista etc. Same holds true for schools. People of Dehradun are aware of all the school names (Dehradun holds roughly more than 200 ICSE ISC CBSE & UP Board schools). Some of the old schools, which have been there pre-british rule, or atleast have completed 25 years of existence -have been left intact. Publicising it on a page which represents the entire city, is intolerable.

You can search Chicago in Wiki Search to look at the city page - to understand what a city page should look like.

We wish to portray the city as a city of cultural heritage and the value as a city - to the society and to the country. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Debasish Dey (talk • contribs) 09:35, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

However you wish to portray the city, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia with strict policies on content. This is necessary to maintain factual information only. Opinion and promotion is not permitted and all assertions must be supported by independent, third-party references cited in reliable sources. I have removed the advertisements, hyperbole and tourist-brochure weasel words from this article. Please see the policies on acceptable content before adding any. Plutonium27 (talk) 08:57, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Please merge "Dehradun" with article "History of Dehradun"
Is there any sense in having seperate articles "Dehradun" and "History of Dehradun"? --Vsop.de (talk) 12:28, 26 January 2010 (UTC)


 * No there is not, but we do struggle to remain encyclopedic in this area!!! (Crusoe8181 (talk) 07:55, 13 October 2010 (UTC)).

Tourism section has problems displaying image
And I can't figure out why the preview does show the stupa, and the edited page doesn't. Request for friendly assistance. Qwrk (talk) 21:48, 4 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Overnight this automagically solved itself ;-) Qwrk (talk) 08:36, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

Regarding climate
The climate section had average temperatures table but the reference pointed to the climate table of New Delhi. I have removed the table for the same reason.Please try to include the temperatures for Dehradun. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mayank1312511411 (talk • contribs) 17:31, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of images
Someone has deleted images from the page. I am not able to figure - Who did and Why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Debasish Dey (talk • contribs) 21:49, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

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Hi contributors. I will be working on the article, all inputs welcome. I will discuss all points here before making changes to the article. Thank you.-- 25 CENTS VICTORIOUS ☣ 13:14, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
 * This article is full of Forest Research Institute (FRI). I do not understand how much info one shall mention about the FRI.-- 25 CENTS VICTORIOUS ☣ 16:52, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Can anybody help me with economy part of the city. Main source of income, HDI, list of industries etc. Thanks.-- 25 CENTS VICTORIOUS ☣ 13:43, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

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History
This section starts with assertions about the contents of the Ramayana and Mahabharata, which are legends, not historical records. It's like citing the Book of Exodus to support claims about the history of the Middle East; that's not what is meant by "history".

I intend to remove these claims. MrDemeanour (talk) 16:05, 21 April 2024 (UTC)