Mussoorie, Popularly known as the Queen of Hills, this charming hill station, 34 kms from Dehradun is situated at an altitude of 2003 mts in the Garhwal hills. above sea-level. Mussoorie is one the beautiful hill stations in India and the most frequently visited. It provides excellent respite to people who want relief from the hot sultry conditions of the plains, especially since it is close enough to the capital to make just weekend trip. Also, major Hindu pilgrimage sites like Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri, Yamunotri, Haridwar, Rishikesh are not far from this place. In 1820, Captain Young of the British army was influenced by the beauty of this place and made it his residence. The name, Mussoorie is derived from plants of ‘Mussoorie’ which were found in abundance here. After its discovery, this hill station gradually developed as a centre of education, business, tourism and beauty.Mussoorie is a hill station and a municipal board in the Dehradun District of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is about 35 km from the state capital of Dehradun and 290 km north of the national capital of New Delhi
Visit In Place
Kempty Falls
Lakemist
Lambi Dehar Mines
he Lambi Dehar mines is the Ghost mines in Mussoorie since then onward. The workers, who lived near the mine, died coughing blood due to some lung disorder. Lambi Dehar Mine used to be a limestone mine where tens of thousands of workers worked. The working conditions at the Lambi Dehar Mine were none too great as it is when one unfortunate day, a catastrophic accident took place which took the lives of 50,000 workers It is said that due to unsafe working conditions, lack of proper ventilation, and inadequate safety measures, the mines caved in which resulted in trapping of the mine workers. They sure died a very painful death.