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Tehri Garhwal

Spending memorable time of holidays at the special place is always the first choice for people. Tehri is the small city serving with countless natural beautiful scenes to their visitors. People are reaching this Indian tourist place throughout the year. Tehri Garhwal is the district of Uttarakhand, India. The two famous rivers Bhagirathi and Bhilangna start from Tehri town. Tehri dam is developed on the meeting point of this two rivers, which is turned as famous picnic spot for a tourist. The story behind dam construction is longer and the local people regularly fight against the administration for creation of the dam. In 18th century, the crafts of British East India Company came to Tehri, and the government started the project of Tehri Dam. Company started evacuating the town for making space for dam creation. Almost half population of Tehri shifted to different places because of evacuation. One of the world-famous movements known as Chipko was started in Tehri for protecting...