- Dharmshala
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▪ Indiaalso spelled Dharamsalatown, western Himachal Pradesh (Himāchal Pradesh) state, northwestern India, located on a lower slope of the Himalayas. Dharmshala is a scenic health resort. Aerated water is bottled there, and slate is quarried nearby. The town was virtually destroyed by an earthquake in 1905, but it was then rebuilt. The Dalai Lama (Dalai Lama XIV) set up a government in Dharmshala when he was forced into exile from Tibet in 1959. Pop. (2001) 19,124.
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Universalium. 2010.