Glorious Gift of Nature: Uttaranchal

Most popular Tourist Place in Uttaranchal:       

         

They are various places in Uttaranchal to spend your memorable vacation. Here we are describing some of them with their natural beauty.

•          Almora
•          Bageshwar
•          Chamoli
•          Champawat
•          Dehradun
•          Haridwar
•          Nainital
•          Pauri Garhwal
•          Pithoragarh
•          Rudra Prayag
•          Tehri Garhwal
•          Udham Singh Nagar
•          Uttarkashi

                      

Kumaon History

 

Kumaon:

Kumaon is one of the administrative divisions of Uttaranchal, India. It includes the districts of Almora, Bageshwar, Champawat, Nainital, Pithoragarh, and Udham Singh Nagar. It is confined on the east by Nepal, on the south by the state of Uttar Pradesh, and on the west by the Garhwal region.

The people of Kumaon are known as Kumauni. Some most Important towns of Kumaon are Haldwani, Nainital, Rudrapur, Almora, Pithoragarh, Mukteshwar and Ranikhet. Nainital is the administrative centre of Kumaon Division.

Uttarancal History

 

Brief History of Uttaranchal:

Uttaranchal is the king of mountains. The king of mountain Himalaya is said to consist of five segments:

•          Kumaon

•          Nepal

•          Kedar

•          Kangda

•          Kashmir

This mid Himalayas region of Kumaon and Garhwal, which is commonly known as Uttaranchal today. Uttaranchal a also Called of Land of the Gods (Dev Bhoomi) because many holy places are there. Uttaranchal remained a part of Uttar Pradesh before it came into being on 9 November 2000, the 27th state of India.

The history of Uttaranchal State can be better understood through the history of Garhwal and Kumaon divisions separately, because they maintained independent identity except the period of Nepali aggression.