Happy Valley, Mussoorie

On 18 October 1929 Mahatma Gandhi addressed the European municipal councillors at Mussoorie. At that time he stayed at Birla House in Happy Valley.[1][2][3][4]

One of the landmark events in the history of the Tibetan government in exile in India happened in April 1959 when a young Dalai Lama arrived at Happy Valley.[5][6] In April 1960, he left Happy Valley for another hill town - Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh[7][8] with an entourage of eighty officials of the Tibetan government in exile.[9]

Later, this government-in-exile moved to Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh leaving behind at Happy Valley, a community of Tibetans who have integrated with the life and culture of Mussoorie, but had built a Buddhist Temple and Tibetan-style homes.[10][11] As of 2016, Happy Valley still was home to about 5000 Tibetan refugees.[12][13]

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