Dharamshala
India
- Also spelled:
- Dharmshala
- Or:
- Dharamsala
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Dharamshala, city, western Himachal Pradesh state, northwestern India. It is located on a lower slope of the Himalayas.
Dharamshala is a scenic health resort. Aerated water is bottled there, and slate is quarried nearby. The city was virtually destroyed by an earthquake in 1905, but it was then rebuilt. The Dalai Lama established a government-in-exile in Dharamshala after he fled from Tibet (China) in 1959. Pop. (2015) 53,543.