Kumaon may refer to: Kumaon (or Kumaun) is one of the two regions and administrative divisions of Uttarakhand, a mountainous state of northern India, the other being Garhwal. It includes the districts of Almora, Bageshwar, Champawat, Nainital, Pithoragarh, and Udham Singh Nagar.
Founded by katyurs and later ruled by Chands, was a Rajput principality that became extinct in 18th century. The region was lost for a brief period to invaders and regained back by kumaonese with British assistance. Rajput constitute one of the major Hindu Kshatriya groups from India. ...
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Kumaon (or Kumaun) is one of the two regions and administrative divisions of Uttarakhand, a mountainous state of northern India, the other being Garhwal. ... The Kumaon Regiment is one of the most decorated regiments of the Indian Army. ... Kumaun (aka Kumaon) is the little patch of the Himalaya tucked up where India, Nepal and Tibet all meet in a tangle of valleys, forests and icy peaks. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...
Garhwal is smack in the middle of the Himalayas, with Himachal Pradesh in the West and North-West; Tibet in the North; the plains of Western Uttar Pradesh in the South and Kumaon in the East.
Kumaon is a land of fairs and festivals, legends and mythology snow capped mountains and glaciers, valleys and glades, verdant forests and alpine meadows, lakes and gushing streams, birds and animals, butterflies and flowers, all combine to make a sum of delight unsurpassed elsewhere.
The Shilpkars of Kumaon are said to be the descendants of the Kols.
Kumaon is one of the two regions and administrative divisions of Uttaranchal, a hilly (and mountainous) state of northern India, the other being Garhwal.
Kumaon was formerly an administrative division of British India, in the United Provinces, with headquarters at Nainital.
In 1891 the division was composed of the three districts of Kumaon, Garhwal and the Tarai; but the two districts of Kumaon and the Tarai were subsequently redistributed and renamed after their headquarters, Nainital and Almora.
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