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. It is bounded on the north by Tibet, on the east by Nepal, on the south by Uttar Pradesh state, and on the west by the Garhwal region. The people of Kumaon are known as Kumaonis. It is home to a famous Indian Army regiment, the Kumaon Regiment. Important towns of Kumaon are Haldwani, Nainital, Rudrapur, Almora, Pithoragarh, Mukteshwar and Ranikhet. Nainital is the administrative center of Kumaon Division. Uttarakhand (Hindi: उत्तराखंड), known as Uttaranchal from 2000 to 2006, became the 27th state of the Republic of India on November 9, 2000. ... Garhwal, or Gurwal, is a region and administrative division of Uttaranchal state, India, lying in the Himalayas. ... Almora is a district of Uttaranchal state, India. ... Bageshwar District is a district of Uttaranchal state in northern India. ... Champawat District is a district of Uttaranchal state in northern India. ... Nainital is a district of Uttaranchal state, India. ... Pithoragarh (Hindi-पिथौरागढ़) is the easternmost Himalayan district in the state of Uttaranchal , India. ... Udham singh nagar is in the famous Trai region of north India. ... Tibet (older spelling Thibet; Tibetan: བོད་; Wylie: Bod; Lhasa dialect IPA: [; Simplified and Traditional Chinese: 西藏, Hanyu Pinyin: XÄ«zàng; also referred to as 藏区 (Simplified Chinese), 藏區 (Traditional Chinese), ZàngqÅ« (Hanyu Pinyin), see Name section below) is a plateau region in Central Asia and the indigenous home to the Tibetan people. ... Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: , Urdu: ‎, translation: Northern Province, IPA: ,  ), also popularly known by its abbreviation U.P., is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Republic of India. ... Garhwal, or Gurwal, is a region and administrative division of Uttaranchal state, India, lying in the Himalayas. ... The Indian Army is the largest branch of the Armed Forces of India and has the primary responsibility of conducting land-based military operations. ... The Kumaon Regiment is one of the most decorated regiments of the Indian Army. ... Haldwani or Haldwani-Kathgodam (Hindi: हल्द्वानी ) is a city and a municipal board in Nainital District in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. ... Nainital and lake in the winter Nainital (29° 24 N, 79° 28 E) is a town in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and headquarters of Nainital District in the Kumaon foothills of the outer Himalaya. ... Rudrapur is a city and a municipal board in Udham Singh Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttaranchal. ... Almora is a cantonment town in Almora district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. ... Pithoragarh is a Himalayan town in Pithoragarh District of Uttaranchal state of India. ... Mukteshwar with Himalayas in background -- Nanda Devi and Nanda Devi East on right Mukteshwar is a town and tourist destination in the Nainital District of Uttaranchal, India, located at , . It sits high in the Kumaon Hills at an altitude of 2286 meters (7500 feet). ... Ranikhet is a hill station and tourist resort town in the Kumaon district of India. ... Nainital and lake in the winter Nainital (29° 24 N, 79° 28 E) is a town in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and headquarters of Nainital District in the Kumaon foothills of the outer Himalaya. ...

It consists of a large Himalayan tract, together with two submontane strips called the Terai and the Bhabhar. The submontane strips were up to 1850 an almost impenetrable forest, given up to wild animals; but after 1850 the numerous clearings attracted a large population from the hills, who cultivated the rich soil during the hot and cold seasons, returning to the hills in the rains. The rest of Kumaon is a maze of mountains, part of the Himalaya range, some of which are among the loftiest known. In a tract not more than 225 km in length and 65 km in breadth there are over thirty peaks rising to elevations exceeding 5500 m. The rivers like Gori, Dhauli , Kali etc rise chiefly in the southern slope of the Tibetan watershed north of the loftiest peaks, amongst which they make their way down valleys'of rapid declivity and extraordinary depth. The principal are the Sharda (Kali), the Pindari and Kailganga, whose waters join the Alaknanda. The river Sharda (Kali) forms the international boundary between India and Nepal. The pilgrim route currently used to visit Kailash-Mansarovar, goes along this river and crosses into Tibet at Lipu Lekh pass. The Terai, or Tarai (i. ... Bhabhar is a region in the Lower Himalayas mostly covering the Kumaon and Garhwal divisions in the Indian state of Uttaranchal. ... Perspective view of the Himalaya and Mount Everest as seen from space looking south-south-east from over the Tibetan Plateau. ... Tibet (older spelling Thibet; Tibetan: བོད་; Wylie: Bod; Lhasa dialect IPA: [; Simplified and Traditional Chinese: 西藏, Hanyu Pinyin: XÄ«zàng; also referred to as 藏区 (Simplified Chinese), 藏區 (Traditional Chinese), ZàngqÅ« (Hanyu Pinyin), see Name section below) is a plateau region in Central Asia and the indigenous home to the Tibetan people. ...

The chief trees are the Chir Pine, Himalayan Cypress, Pindrow Fir, alder, sal or iron-wood, and saindan. Limestone, sandstone, slate, gneiss and granite constitute the principal geological formations. Mines of iron, copper, gypsum, lead and asbestos exist; but they are not thoroughly worked. Except in the submontane strips and deep valleys the climate is mild. The rainfall of the outer Himalayan range, which is first struck by the monsoon, is double that of the central hills, in the average proportion of 2000 mm to 1000 mm. No winter passes without snow on the higher ridges, and in some years it is universal throughout the mountain tract. Frosts, especially in the valleys, are often severe. Binomial name Pinus roxburghii Sargent The Chir pine (Pinus roxburghii) is a pine native to the Himalaya. ... Species See text. ... FIR may stand for: finite impulse response (a property of some digital filters) far infrared, i. ... Species About 20-30 species, see text. ... Once there was a man named Jeffrey Deffrey. ...

Kumaon with headquarters at Nainital.[1] Area 35,136 sq. km; pop. (1901), 1,207,030, showing an increase of less than 2 % in the decade. Kumaon proper constituted an old Rajput principality, which became extinct at the beginning of the 19th century. For some time region was ruled by Gorkhas. But People of Kumanon fought them bravely. At that India was divided and nobody came to help them. By their courage and wisdom, and help from British, they thrown Gorkhas outside. Later, the region was annexed by the British in 1815, and was governed for seventy years on the non-regulation system by three administrators, Mr. Traill, Mr J. H. Batten and Sir Henry Ramsay. 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. Rajput (from the Sanskrit tatpurusha compound , son of a king) is a Caste among Hindus in India, Pakistan and Nepal. ... Garhwal District is a former district of British India and later of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. ...

Etymology

The word Kumaon can be traced back to the 5th century BC. The Kassite Assyrians left their homeland 'Kummah', on the banks of river Euphrates,and settled in the northern part of India.These inhabitants formed Koliyan tribe and having their new settlement as Kumaoon. Lord Buddha's mother, Mayabati belonged to this clan. The Kassites were a Near Eastern mountain tribe of obscure origins, who spoke a non-Indo-European, non-Semitic language. ... It has been suggested that Assyrian people be merged into this article or section. ... Surfer Rosa The Euphrates (IPA: /juːˈfreɪtiːz/; Greek: Euphrátēs; Akkadian: Pu-rat-tu; Hebrew: פְּרָת Pĕrāth; Syriac: Prâth; Arabic: الفرات Al-Furāt; Turkish: Fırat; Kurdish: فرهات, Firhat, Ferhat, Azeri: Fərat) is the western of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia (the other...

An another version of the origin is that word Kumaon is believed to have been derived from "Kurmanchal", meaning land of the Kurmavatar (the tortoise incarnation of Lord Vishnu, the preserver according to Hindu mythology). The region of Kumaon is named after as such. Vishnu (IAST , Devanagari ), (honorific: Sri Vishnu) also known as Narayana is the Supreme Being or Ultimate Reality for Vaishnavas and a manifestation of Brahman in the Advaita or Smarta traditions. ...

In Media

• Official site of Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam (KMVN) for tourist information : [2]

• Maneaters of Kumaon - Book on a gripping true account by Jim Corbett on the deadly tigers that ate humans with impunity until they were killed.
• Different dialects of Kumaoni are spoken in different parts of Kumaon.
• Brief History of kumaon:[3]
• http://kumaoni.com - Community website

Man-Eaters of Kumaon is a book written by Jim Corbett. ... Jim Corbett, hunter turned conservationist. ...

References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.