Mussoorie (Garhwali
/Hindi
: Masūrī) is a hill station
and a municipal board
in the Dehradun District
of the northern
Indian state
of Uttarakhand
.Once a part of Nepal under Garhwal region and still lying in the Garhwal region claimed to be part of Greater Nepal,it is located about 35 km from the state capital of Dehradun
and 290 km north from the national capital of New Delhi
. This hill station
, situated in the foothills of the Garhwal
Himalayan
ranges, is also known as the Queen of the Hills. The adjoining town of Landour
, which includes a military cantonment
, is considered part of 'greater Mussoorie', as are the townships of Barlowganj and Jharipani.
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