▁often ▁visited . ▁He ▁spent ▁his ▁last ▁few ▁days ▁here ▁before ▁passing ▁away ▁in ▁Del hi ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 4 . ▁Another ▁leader ▁from ▁the ▁independence ▁movement , ▁R ash ▁Be h ari ▁B ose , ▁who ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁key ▁organis ers ▁of ▁the ▁Gh ad ar ▁consp i racy ▁and , ▁later , ▁the ▁Indian ▁National ▁Army ▁was ▁based ▁in ▁De hr ad un ▁in ▁his ▁early ▁days ▁before ▁he ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁move ▁to ▁Japan ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 5 ▁to ▁continue ▁the ▁freedom ▁struggle . ▁ ▁Post ▁independence ▁De hr ad un ▁and ▁other ▁parts ▁of ▁Gar h wal ▁and ▁K uma on ▁were ▁merged ▁with ▁United ▁Provin ces ▁which ▁was ▁later ▁renamed ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁U tt ar ▁Pr adesh . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁U tt ar ak hand ▁state ▁( ear lier ▁called ▁U tt ar anch al ) ▁was ▁created ▁from ▁the ▁north western ▁districts ▁of ▁U tt ar ▁Pr adesh ▁under ▁the ▁U tt ar ▁Pr adesh ▁Re organisation ▁Act ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁De hr ad un ▁was ▁made ▁its ▁inter im ▁capital . ▁ ▁Afghan ▁Connection ▁De hr ad un ' s ▁Afghan ▁connection ▁dated ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁First ▁Ang lo - A fg han ▁War , ▁after ▁which ▁the ▁Afghan ▁Em ir ▁D ost ▁Moh amm ad ▁Khan ▁( Em ir ▁of ▁Afghan istan ) ▁was ▁ex iled ▁by ▁the ▁British ▁to ▁De h ra ▁Dun . ▁He ▁stayed ▁in ▁Mus so