Kumaon division

Kumaon or Kumaun is one of the two regions and administrative divisions of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, the other being Garhwal. It spans over the eastern half of the state and 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 the state of Uttar Pradesh, and on the west by the Garhwalregion. The people of Kumaon are known as Kumaonis and speak the Kumaoni language.

Historically known as Manaskhand and then Kurmanchal, the Kumaon region has been ruled by several Hindu dynasties over the course of history; most notably the Katyuris and the Chands. The Kumaon division was established in 1816, when the British reclaimed this region from the Gorkhas, who had annexed the erstwhile Kingdom of Kumaon in 1790. The division initially consisted of three districts, Kumaon, Terai and British Garhwal, and formed the northernmost frontier of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces in British India, that later became North Western Provinces in 1836, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in 1902, and United Provinces in 1937. Upon India’s independence in 1947, Kumaon became an administrative and revenue division in the Indian state of Uttar Pradeshand was then transferred to Uttarakhand when the hill state was carved out of Uttar Pradesh in 2000.

It is home to a famous Indian Army regiment, the Kumaon Regiment. Notable towns of Kumaon are Nainital, Almora, Pithoragarh, Champawat, Bageshwar and Ranikhet. the region also have cities like Haldwani, Rudrapur, Kashipur particularly in the plain(Terai) areas of the region, the hill town Nainital is its administrative centre and this is where the Uttarakhand high court is located.