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'''Laldhang''' <ref name=offi/> is a town in [[Haridwar district]] of [[Uttarakhand]], 19.4 km from [[Haridwar]], and 27 km from [[Kotdwar]].

==Geography==
Laldhaang (लालढांग) is located at {{coord|29.85|N|78.32|E|display=inline}}.<ref name=fallingrain>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/39/Lal_Dhang.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Lal Dhang]</ref> It has an average elevation of {{convert|372|m}}. It is situated 19.4 km from [[Haridwar]] city at the edge of [[Rajaji National Park]], off [[National Highway 74 (India)|National Highway 74]] ([[National Highway 74 (India)|NH-74]]).<ref name=fallingrain/>

==Local attractions==
[[Rajaji National Park]] has an entrance from here known as Laldhang gate, plus it is also a Reserved Forest; and an important destination for birdwatchers, being on southern edge of the [[Corbett National Park]].

The main market of Laldhang has a Shiv Temple, with 'Panchyatan Shivling', brought from Panduwala, an archaeological site, two km. from Laldhang, where ruins of temples, and remains of earthenware dated to pre and post medieval period have been found.<ref>[http://pauri.nic.in/Page25.htm Archeological Spots] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221193901/http://pauri.nic.in/Page25.htm |date=21 February 2008 }} [[Pauri Garhwal District]].</ref>

<gallery>
File:Shiv_mandir_laldhang.jpg |Shiv mandir laldhang
</gallery>

==History==
During the times of [[Najib-ud-Daula]], the [[Nawab]] of [[Najibabad]], the fort at Laldhang is known to have offered safe refuge during the wars between the [[Rohilla]]s and the [[Nawab of Awadh]]. Here in 1752, after trying a siege, the [[Rohilla]] gave a bond to the [[Marathas]] as a release price <ref name=bij>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_200.gif Bijnor] [[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]], 1909, v. 8, pp. 194–195.</ref>

After 1774, when the Rohilla power east of the Ganges was crushed, it was also the site where the final treaty by which the [[Bijnor]] territory of Rohilla was incorporated in [[Awadh]], which was thereafter ceded to the British by the [[Nawab of Awadh]], [[Shuja-ud-Daula]] in 1801 <ref name=bij/> the natural temple of history-sunil badola rasulpur/lal dhang

[[Edward Gibbon]] mentions "Loldong" as the nearby landmark for the unrecognized location of "Coupele," the scene of [[Timur]]'s last victory on his march to Delhi. (Volume 6, Chapter 65)

==Politics==
Laldhang was an assembly constituency of [[Uttarakhand]] State [[Legislative Assembly]], till 2012 when it was incorporated in newly created Haridwar Rural assembly seat. Here, present MLA is Swami Yatishwaranand of [[Bhartiya Janata Party]] ([[Bhartiya Janata Party|BJP]]).<ref name=offi>[http://haridwar.nic.in/mla.htm Members of Uttarakhand State Legislative Assembly (Haridwar)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915212826/http://haridwar.nic.in/mla.htm |date=15 September 2008 }} ''[[Haridwar district]]'' Official website.</ref><ref>[http://haridwar.nic.in/publicrepresentatives.htm List of Public Representatives from Haridwar] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080219054751/http://haridwar.nic.in/publicrepresentatives.htm |date=19 February 2008 }} ''[[Haridwar district]]'' Official website.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://wikimapia.org/294150/Laldhang Laldhang] at ''[[wikimapia]]''

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[[Category:Cities and towns in Haridwar district]]
[[Category:History of Uttarakhand]]

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