23 October 2019 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Rubric: General
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Dharamshala is the district headquarters of
Kangra district in India. It was formerly known as
Bhagsu. The
Dalai Lama‘s residence and the headquarters of the
Central Tibetan Administration (the Tibetan
government in exile) are in Dharamshala. Dharamshala is 18 km (11 mi) from Kangra. Dharamshala has been selected as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed as a
smart city under
PM Narendra Modi’s flagship
Smart Cities Mission. On 19 January 2017, Chief Minister
Virbhadra Singh declared Dharamshala as the second capital of
Himachal Pradesh state, making Himachal Pradesh the third state of India with two capitals after
Jammu and Kashmir and
Maharashtra.
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