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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. It was formed into a division of what was then called Ceded and Conquered Provinces, later known as United Provinces. In independent India the state was called Uttar Pradesh.
Kumaon kingdom was a sovereign Himalayan kingdom located in the eastern part of the present-day Uttarakhand state of India. It was established around 7th century and remained an independent and sovereign kingdom until 1791.
Kumaonis, also known as Kumaiye and Kumain (in Nepal), [3] are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who speak Kumaoni as their first-language and live mostly in Kumaon division in the state of Uttarakhand in India. Kumaoni is also used as a term for people who have their origin in Kumaon. The word Kumain is a direct derivative of Kumaoni. [4]
Kumaon or Kumaun may refer to: Kumaon division, a region in Uttarakhand, India; Kumaon Kingdom, a former country in Uttarakhand, India; Kumaon, Iran, a village in Isfahan Province, Iran; HMIS Kumaon (J164), a ship of the Royal Indian Navy during WWII
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The Kumaon Regimental Centre, established at Ranikhet, recruits Kumaoni people from the Kumaon division of Uttarakhand, and Ahirs from the Haryana, Rajasthan (combined region also known as Ahirwal) and Uttar Pradesh. [1] The troop composition has been predominantly Kumaonis and Ahirs/Yadavs from plains along with other communities. [2] [1] [3]
The former Kumaon Kingdom was joined with the eastern half of the Garhwal region and was governed as a chief-commissionership, also known as the Kumaon Province, on the non-regulation system. [ 24 ] Since the capital Srinagar was now part of the British Garhwal, a new capital was established at Tehri , giving the name of Tehri state [ 25 ...
The Kalapani territory is an area under Indian administration as part of Pithoragarh district in the Kumaon Division of the Uttarakhand state, [4] [5] but it is also claimed by Nepal since 1997. [6] [7] According to Nepal's claim, it lies in Darchula district, Sudurpashchim Province. [8]