Dehra, Himachal
Dehra was a town of British India, currently a tehsil in Kangra district in Himachal state, India.
Dehra Dehra Gopipur | |
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city | |
  Dehra Location in Himachal Pradesh, India  Dehra Dehra (India) | |
| Coordinates: 31.8819125°N 76.2153554°E | |
| Country |  |
| State | Himachal Pradesh |
| District | Kangra |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal Council |
| Elevation | 503 m (1,650 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | HP 36 |
The River Beas divides the town into Dehra & Gopipur.
Dehra is the oldest of Tehsil in Himachal Pradesh. As the town is fusion of two words Dehra & Gopipur both have a reason for the same.
The town of Dehra is as recent as mid 15th century when foreign invaders used this place as a DERA (camp) for their expedition to hill states. British made the evolving town as the tehsil in year 1868. The official name of the town during British Raj was Dera.[1]
Pong Dam
As River Beas flows from the sub town it ends up in the Pong Dam reservoir/lake, also known as Maharana Pratap Sagar. This man made lake is 45 km long & 15–18 km wide. It attracts a lot of anglers come for fishing mahasher fish.
Dehra Town is so beautiful and it could become one of the most famous place among the historical place and it can also develop itself through various channels of development like National level Fairs, crafting etc.