Chandmari, Doiwala

Chandmari is a village in the town of Doiwala, in Dehradun district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is notable due to its past history of being a shooting range for the army and housing the local Ahmed satellite station, which is important to the region for its role in being the second oldest satellite station in the country. Despite the low population and a highly forested land, the village is intrinsicly important to the nearby politan area due to its accelerated urbanization, natural beauty (situated on border with Rajaji National Park), its closeness to both the railway station, the nearby Picnic Spot at Lachhiwala and local Doiwala landmarks like the Rambagh house, which lends its name to the Rambagh colony, situated opposite the estate (supposedly the pukka house - local lingo for modern cement and concrete structures - has been around for three quarters of a century - with a more primitive building having existed decades before that).