Happy Valley, Mussoorie

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Happy Valley, Mussoorie
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Happy Valley, Mussoorie
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Happy Valley, Mussoorie
Happy Valley, Mussoorie (India)
Coordinates: 30°27′N78°05′E / 30.45°N 78.08°E / 30.45; 78.08
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Uttarakhand
District Dehradun
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
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Website uk.gov.in

Happy Valley is an area situated within the hill station of Mussoorie with majority of Tibetans settled in area in Dehradun district, Uttarakhand, India.

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Location

Happy Valley is near the Indian Administrative Services Academy - Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration. Within the valley is a Tibetan Monastery [1] with a clear view of Hathipaon. [2] [3]

Happy Valley is west of Mussoorie’s Dalai Hill [4] from where the mountain ranges of Jaunpur [5] and Nag-Tibba [6] are visible.

History

On 18 October 1929 Mahatma Gandhi addressed the European municipal councillors at Mussoorie. At that time he stayed at Birla House in Happy Valley. [7] [8] [9] [10]

One of the landmark events in the history of the Tibetan government in exile in India happened in April 1959 when a young Dalai Lama arrived at Happy Valley. [11] [12] In April 1960, he left Happy Valley for another hill town - Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh [13] [14] with an entourage of eighty officials of the Tibetan government in exile. [15]

Later, this government-in-exile moved to Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh leaving behind at Happy Valley, a community of Tibetans who have integrated with the life and culture of Mussoorie, but had built a Buddhist Temple and Tibetan-style homes. [16] [17] As of 2016, Happy Valley still was home to about 5000 Tibetan refugees. [18] [19]

Characteristics

Happy Valley has an Indian Administrative Service Academy - The Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration. [20] [21] [22] it also has Tibetan Temples [23] and a Municipal Garden. The area of the valley leads to the Cloud's End [24] - a place where the geographical borders of Mussoorie end. The Hathipaon Park Estate is also there. [25] From Happy Valley can be seen the whole of Mussoorie with George Everest's house on one side [26] and the Himalayan ranges on the other.

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