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Kumaoni food is simple and comprises largely of vegetables and pulses. Vegetables like potato ( aaloo ), radish ( mooli ), colocacia leaves ( arbi ke patte , papad ), pumpkin ( kaddoo ), spinach ( palak ) and many others are grown locally by the largely agrarian populace and consumed in various forms.
Kumaoni or Kumauni may refer to: Kumaoni people, an ethnolinguistic group of Uttarakhand, northern India; Kumaoni language, the Indo-Aryan language they speak; anything coming from or related to the following: Kumaon division, an administrative division of the state of Uttarakhand in Northern India; Kumaon Kingdom, a former kingdom on this ...
The Kumaonis defeated the Garhwalis in the Battle of Duduli (near Melchauri in Garhwal). In 1707, the Kumaoni forces annexed Juniyagarh in Bichla Chaukot (Syalde), and razed the old fort at Chandpur Garhi, the capital of Garhwal Kingdom. On 13 July 1715, Kumaoni troops clashed with Garhwali troops that were moving to Moradabad and Bareilly. [14]
Govind Ballabh Pant Murli Manohar Joshi Harish Rawat. Kashi Singh Airy; Yashpal Arya; K. C. Singh Baba; Mohan Singh Bisht; Ajay Bhatt; Ganesh Joshi; Murli Manohar Joshi, He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of which he was the President between 1991 and 1993.
The Kumaoni people especially Champawat District rose in rebellion against the British during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 under the leadership of the members like Kalu Singh Mahara. [28] 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 ...
Kumaoni Rajput (Kumaoni:कुमाउनी राजपूत, Sanskrit:राजपुत्र), also referred to as Thakur, Rajput or Kshetri is a caste of Kshatriya Rajputs who held considerable power in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, from around the 4th century till the conquest of Kumaon by the Gorkha.
Kumaoni (Kumaoni-Devanagari: कुमाऊँनी, pronounced [kuːmɑːʊni]) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by over two million people of the Kumaon region of the state of Uttarakhand in northern India and parts of Doti region in Western Nepal. [4] As per 1961 survey there were 1,030,254 Kumaoni speakers in India. [5]
Kumaoni art often is geometrical in nature, while Garhwali art is known for its closeness to nature. Aipan is a GI certified Kumaoni ritual folk art [87] done mainly during special ceremonies, the festival of Diwali, marriages and other religious rituals. It's predominantly female practitioners believe that it invokes a divine power which ...