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Shaheen
Bagh is 20 minutes from Dehradun town, located on
a hilly ridge on the town's outskirts. The hill
station of Mussoorie is 45 minutes away.
By Train: A 5½ hour train
journey from New Delhi on the morning Shatabdi as
well as the afternoon Jan Shatabdi. The overnight
Mussoorie Express leaves Delhi at night and arrives
in Dehradun the next morning. An overnight train
from the Nizamuddin Station in Delhi departs late
evening and arrives at dawn in Dehradun. There are
also direct trains from Mumbai, Kolkata and Allahabad.
By Road: A 5-hour car ride from
Delhi via Roorkee or a 6-hour drive by the scenic
Poanta Sahib route from Delhi.
Dehradun is also connected by daily flights from
the Capital.
Pick-ups from the train station or the airport can
be arranged on prior notice. |
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Road To
Shaheen Bagh From New Delhi: |
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Take Humayun's
Tomb (off Ring Road) exit past Sarai Kale Khan ISBT,
under the flyover, towards Noida. |
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Pass Noida turnoff; pass
Patparganj, till you hit Delhi Border Police Check
after a fly-over. Then turn left immediately. Be careful,
as there is a similar left turn earlier but no police
check-post |
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Road will turn right naturally.
Cross bridge over railway line till you hit a T-junction
at Mohan Nagar. Turn right, continue and cross Hindon
River Bridge. |
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At the first red light,
turn left and this will take you on Meerut road. Continue
till you cross Murad Nagar and Modi Nagar. |
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Just short of Meerut,
you will meet the Meerut bye-pass, Turn left. This
road takes you past Meerut. The turning is a bit deceptive,
so keep a sharp look out. If you cross a flyover,
then you have missed the turning. Turn back a few
hundred yards. |
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About 16 km later you
will meet the main road again at Modipuram. Keep going
straight and you will come to the town of Khatauli. |
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Just after you pass Khatauli,
stop at Cheetal Grand. Don't stop at Cheetal, which
is just before it. Cheetal Grand has clean toilets
and good cheese omelettes. Lovely gardens. |
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Join the road till you
reach a round-about in the middle of the road, about
5 Km short of Muzzafarnagar. Turn right on the bye-pass.
This is important, as Muzzafarnagar is a crowded town. |
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About 16 km later you
will hit the main road again. This too has a round-about
in the middle of the road. Turn right and you will
be on the Roorkee road. Pass the town of Chappar,
Purkazi and Mangalaur. |
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Just short of Roorkee
you will cross a bridge over a railway track and hit
a roundabout. Turn left here and you will be on the
Roorkee bye-pass. Keep going after you cross a canal,
pass the Gurudwara on the right. You have to turn
left to Dehradun. Suggest you ask here, as it is a
bit tricky. |
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Go straight, past Bhagwanpur,
till you hit Chutmulpur (about 28 km.) Turn Right
at T Junction. (The left turning will take you to
Saharanpur). The road takes you through Biharigarh
and the Rajaji National Park. At Mohand, the ghats
(small hills) start for 22 Km. At the top of the ghats
there is a tunnel and on descending you will hit the
cantonment of Clement Town, the outskirts of Dehradun. |
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Keep going straight till
you turn right at a T-junction. This will take you
pass the railway station (on your right) till you
come to a traffic light at Prince Hotel. Turn left
(on Gandhi Road) and keep going till you hit another
T-Junction. Bear left and go to a roundabout called
Clock Tower. Turn right and you will be on Rajpur
Road, Dehradun’s main road. |
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Keep going straight for
about 8 km, past Ajanta Hotel on your left and then
Great Value Hotel on your right, pass the town of
Jhakhan. |
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At Krishan Pur Chungi
you will see a police barrier. Turn left immediately.
This is the Mussoorie diversion road. |
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Keep going for 3 km. Pass
Doon Valley Combers and Magpie Café on your
left till you come to Malsi Deer park on your right.
Keep going straight till you come to a left turn with
Dharmendra restaurant in the left corner. The road
will take you to down in the valley and up again till
you come to a T Junction. Turn left here. |
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As you drive you will
see a large stonewall of the Thapar Estate. Keep going
for about a kilometer till you see some shops on a
curve on the left of the road. This is Guniyal Gaon.
Next to shops there is a cemented road going up on
the right. Take it and follow it till you cross the
River Tons on an iron Bridge. The road now climbs.
Keep straight on it, ignoring a left turn and keep
going towards Shigally School. |
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About 3 km later you will
see a green-roofed house with big gates on the right
of the road. Turn into the gate and drive into the
parking area. |
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Shaheen Bagh is in '18 Bigha' Village, on the Shigally
School road. |
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