Dehradun (Hindi: देहरादून) pronunciation (help·info), also sometimes spelled Dehra Doon, is the provisional[1] capital city of the Uttarakhand state (earlier called Uttaranchal) in India, and the headquarters of Dehradun district. The district is surrounded by the Himalayas in the north, Sivalik Hills in the south, the river Ganga in the east, and the river Yamuna in the west. The water divide of
Ganga and Yamuna passes through the city. It is also located on the northwestern side of the fertile Gangetic plains of India. Before the creation of Uttarakhand on November 9, 2000, Dehradun was a part of Uttar Pradesh. Neighbouring cities and towns include Haridwar, Rishikesh, Roorkee,Muzaffarnagar,Mussoorie, Saharanpur and Yamunanagar.
