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Shopping Guide of Roorkee

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Like other cities, roorkee is also having some common markets which fulfills the day to day need of the local public in roorkee. Some of these markets are mentioned below:
Civil Lines
Lal Kurti
Sapper Market
Chawri Bazaar
B. T. Ganj

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Schools In Roorkee

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St. Gabriel’s Academy
St. Ann’s Sr. Sec. School
Army School Roorkee Cantt
Knox Memorial School
Kendriya Vidyalaya (Central School)
A.B.N (Adarsh Bal Niketen)
Flora Dale Public School
Saint Johns Senior Secondary School
St. John’s
Anand S A Sarawasti Vidya Mandir
B.S.M. Inter College
D.A.V. Inter College
Montfort School
SDA Inter College

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Higher Education In Roorkee

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Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR)
College of Engineering Roorkee (COER)
Roorkee Institute of Technology (RIT)

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Educational Institutions in Roorkee

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Roorkie is very famous for its educational institutions like schools, Colleges for graduation and for professional degrees.

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Establishment of IIT in Roorkee

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The Roorkee College was established in 1847 AD as the First Engineering College in the British Empire. The College was renamed as The Thomason College of Civil Engineering in 1854. After seeing its performance and its future prospects, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, presented the Charter in November 1949 elevating the erstwhile college to the First Engineering University of Independent India.

The University of Roorkee has played a vital role in providing the technical manpower and know-how to the country and in pursuit of research, since its establishment. The University ranked amongst the best technological institutions in the world and has contributed to all sectors of technological development. It has also been considered a trend-setter in the area of education and research in the field of science, technology, and engineering. The University entered 150th year of its existence in one or other form in October 1996.

Another jewel was added on the 21st September 2001 into the already glittering crown in the history of this Institute. The University was declared an institute of national importance, by passing a bill in the parliament, changing its status from University of Roorkee to Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. Bachelor’s Degree courses are offered in 10 disciplines in Engineering and Architecture; 55 Postgraduate Degree courses are offered in Engineering, Applied Science and Architecture and planning. The Institute has facility for doctoral work in all Departments and Research Centers.

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Importance of Roorkee

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Roorkee is best known for its Indian Institute of Technology. It is acclaimed for its fine quality of academia and for producing brilliant engineers. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, formerly known as University of Roorkee. It is also a home to government research institutes, Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Irrigation Research Institute (IRI) and the National Institute of Hydrology (NIH).

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Overview & Introduction on Roorkee

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Roorkee is a small town with having a population of about 140,000 inhabitants. It comes under the municipal board in Haridwar District in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is located on the banks of river Ganga. Roorkee is the gateway to pilgrim centres which is situated in the foothills of Himalayas and close to the cities of Haridwar, Rishikesh, Badrinath and Kedarnath and tourist attractions of Dehradun and Mussoorie. Roorkee is home to Indian Institute of Technology.

The place Roorkee got its name from Ruri, the wife of a Rajput chieftain. It is said that during the time of Akbar as is referred in Ain-e-Akbari, It was the capital of Pargana. That time, Roorkee was a mere mud village on the banks of hill torrent, named Solani.

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