Dhaulakuan or Dhaula Kuan is a small town in the Paonta Sahib tehsil of Sirmour district in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is located between Nahan, one of the tehsils of Sirmour district, and Paonta Sahib. It lies on National Highway 72 between Dehradun and Shimla. It is situated on the foothills between Renuka and Dadahu, another town in Nahan tehsil.
Dhaulakuan is the location of the Hill Agricultural Research and Extension Centre, and the Dhaulakuan Horticulture University of Himachal Pradesh.
Several types of oranges are grown there. The fertile paonta valley starts from this place. A little away from Dhaula kuan there is Katasna Devi Temple where Raja Jagat Singh defeated the advancing army of Gulam Quadir rohilla in a great battle. The victory is commemorated in Devi Temple, built in gratitude by Raja.
Giri Nagar is situated 5km from Dhaula Kuan, along the highway from Nahan to Paonta Sahib. Giri Nagar has a power plant with a capacity of 60MW capacity, constructed after diverting the Giri river through a 6km tunnel. Electricity produced at the plant is transmitted to the states of Uttar Pradesh and Punjab.
Sirmaur district is the southernmost district of Himachal Pradesh, northern India. It is largely mountainous and rural, with 90% of its population living in villages. Some of its towns include the capital Nahan, Tuheri, Bhawan, Shamra, UchaTikker and Suketi, the latter known for Shivalik Fossil Park.
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Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur is an autonomous public business school located in Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The institute, set up in 2015 by the Government of India, is one of the twenty Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). It has been recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India in 2017.
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