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The Kumaon Regiment is one of the oldest infantry regiments of the Indian Army.The regiment traces its origins to the 18th century and has fought in every major campaign of the British Indian Army and the Indian Army, including the two world wars, and is one of the highest decorated regiments of the Indian Army.
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The Ranikhet Cantonment area is home to several tourist places. The KRC Museum, maintained by the Kumaon Regiment of the Indian Army, has a collection of pictures and aretfacts, mainly focusing on the contributions of the Regiment during the World wars, Sino-Indian War, Indo-Pakistani wars of 1965 & 1971, the Kargil war and Operation Pawan. It ...
Ranikhet (Queen's Field) was named after a legendary Queen who camped in the area and fell in love with it. Situated 49 miles north of Nainital, the town provides a spectacular view of the Himalayan range. Ranikhet is still a military cantonment and the Kumaon Regiment has been stationed there from 1780.
Units of the Regiment of Artillery that have equipment other than weapons are listed below. These units mainly have Surveillance and Target Acquisition (SATA) equipment, Surveillance and target acquisition is a military role assigned to units and/or their equipment.
The Naga Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army. It is among the youngest regiments of the Indian Army - the first battalion was raised in Ranikhet , Uttarakhand in 1970. The regiment recruits mainly from Nagaland , in northeast India .
Its Assembly constituencies are Dwarahat, Salt, Ranikhet, Someshwar (SC), Almora, and Jageshwar. Upon the creation of Kumaon district in May 1815, seven tehsils were set up in the district at Almora, Kali Kumaun, Pali Pachaon, Kota, Shor, Phaldakot and Ramnagar. [8]: 4 taking the total number of tehsils to nine.
The people of Kumaon are known as Kumaonis and speak the Kumaoni language. Kumaon is home to a famous Indian Army regiment, the Kumaon Regiment. The hill town Nainital is its administrative centre and this is where the Uttarakhand high court is located. [8] Other notable hill towns of Kumaon are Almora, Ranikhet, Pithoragarh, Champawat and ...