Prem Nagar, Uttarakhand Explained

Prem Nagar
Native Name Lang:Punjabi, Banwali
Other Name:Love City
Settlement Type:town
Pushpin Map:India Uttarakhand#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Uttarakhand, India
Coordinates:30.3331°N 77.9608°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Uttarakhand
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Dehradun
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:11830
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Punjabi, Hindi, English Garhwali
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code:248007
Registration Plate:UK

Prem Nagar is a locality in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand, India. With total population of 11830,[1] It was named after Ral Bahadur Prem Nath.[2] Following the creation of the Indian Military College in 1922 in the nearby village of Garhi, the Indian Military Academy was founded in 1932 in Prem Nagar on the grounds of the Railway Staff College.[3] Today, Premnagar and the academy lies just off National Highway 7 (Chakarata Road), about 8km (05miles).,[4] Premnagar is a cantonment area of Dehradun Cantonment.

It's the main bazaar for a number of local areas and towns.

Notes and References

  1. https://geoiq.io/places/Prem-Nagar/lhqFYDmfKD Population of premnagar, Dehradun
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=B6sSAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Ral+Bahadur+Prem%22 Times of India (1949) The Indian and PAkistan Year Book and Who's Who 1949 Bennett, Coleman & Co., p. 801
  3. http://indianarmy.gov.in/ima/arimaest.htm "IMA Estate"
  4. http://www.euttaranchal.com/education/institutes/ima_dehradun.php "Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun"