Dehradun, Feb. 24 -- When the day ends courtesy JTS

The Powell family owned large tracts of land in Dehradun and Mussoorie; they lent their names to the places where they lived. That is how Clement Town came to be named after Clement Powell, and we have Herbertpur after Herbert Powell. Above the valley, at one time, the family owned many bungalows. Seven Oaks, a fine residence on Palpitation Hill, and Wayside and Wayside Cottage in Barlowganj were theirs too. The Alliance Bank of Simla opened a branch in Mussoorie on August 21, 1891, at the east end of the Mall in their handsome Tiverton House. The bungalow stood some sixty-odd feet above the Mall surrounded by a garden filled with flowers. Then, in the belt-tightening of the 1960s, pred...