Nainital

A native Kumaoni boatman on the Naini Lake.

St. Joseph's College, Nainital from Tiffin Top (Dorothy's Seat)

The old roadways bus station is located at Tallital in front of the Naini Lake.

Panoramic view of Nainital from Naini Lake

A view from Hotel Naini Retreat's Balcony.

Statue of Govind Ballabh Pant, at Mall Road, Nainital.

Golu Devta temple, at Ghorakhal near Nainital.

A Bear in the Pt. G B Pant High Altitude Zoo, Nainital.

Naina Devi Temple, after which the place gets its name.

Town and headquaters of Kumaon division, India.

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Uttarakhand

State in the northern part of India.

Rope bridge across Alaknanda River at Srinagar, 1784-94 – the capital of the Garhwal Kingdom

Fort of Champawat, 1815 – the first capital of the Chand kings of Kumaon Kingdom

Uttarakhand as a part of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces

Uttarakhand as a part of Uttar Pradesh, 1950–2000

With the elevation of 7816 m above sea level, Nanda Devi is the highest mountain in Uttarakhand and the second-highest mountain in India, following Kangchenjunga in Sikkim.

With the elevation of 190 m above sea level, Sharda Sagar Reservoir is the lowest land point in Uttarakhand.

Women performing Chanchari – a popular folk dance from Danpur region in Kumaon.

Pilgrims gather for the third Shahi Snan ("royal bath") at Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar, Uttarakhand on 14 April 2010 during Haridwar Kumbh Mela.

A woman winnowing rice, an important food crop in Uttarakhand.

Garhwal Himalaya mountain range in Kedarnath, Uttarakhand.

Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun.

Mahasu Devta Temple at Hanol is notable for its traditional wooden architecture.

Architectural details of a Dharamshala, established 1822, Haridwar.

Abhisarika Nayika, a painting by Mola Ram.

The releasing of the Uttaranchal crafts map

West Himalayan Common Peacock (Papilio bianor polyctor)

View of a Bugyal (meadow) in Uttarakhand

Har Ki Doon, a high-altitude hanging valley

Rishikesh view and 13 stories Shiva temple across Lakshman Jhula bridge over the Ganges

Kedarnath Temple is one of the 12 Jyotirlingas

The High Court of the state is located in Nainital.

Kumaon division

Revenue and administrative division in the Indian State of Uttarakhand.

The Pindari glacier, located in the Bageshwar district, is the source of the Pindar river - one of the six major headstreams of the Ganges

Temples at Kartikeyapura (now Baijnath), the capital of the Katyuri kings

Fort in Champawat, the first capital of Chand Kings, 1815

Soldiers of 3rd Gurkha Rifles in Almora, 1895

Old Govt House at Nainital, the summer capital of United Provinces during British Raj

A boatman on Naini Lake wearing traditional Kumaoni cap

Bal Mithai, originated in Almora, and now has become a symbol of Kumaoni cuisine

Paddy cultivation in Pithoragarh district

The hill town Nainital is its administrative centre and this is where the Uttarakhand high court is located.

Kumaoni language

Kumaoni (कुमाऊँनी;

Rhau-Chaubyansi, (Nainital)

Uttarakhand High Court

High Court of the state of Uttarakhand in India.

The High Court of Australia, the highest appellate court in Australia

At the time of the creation of the State, the High Court of Uttarakhand was also established on the same day at Nainital.

Nainital district

District in Kumaon division which is a part of Uttarakhand state in India.

The headquarters is at Nainital.

List of governors of Uttarakhand

Appointed by the President of India for a term of five years, and holds office at the President's pleasure.

Raj Bhavan retreat at Nainital, Uttarakhand.

The governor of Uttarakhand has their official residences at the Raj Bhavans in Dehradun and Nainital.

Amitabh Bachchan

Born in 1942 in Allahabad to the Hindi poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and his wife, the social activist Teji Bachchan.

TeachAids character of Bachchan (left); Bachchan in 2013 TeachAids recording session (right)

From left to right – Jaya Bachchan, Amitabh, Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai

Bachchan with the Olympic flame in London on 27 July 2012

He was educated at Sherwood College, Nainital, and Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi.

Danny Denzongpa

Indian actor, singer and film director who primarily works in Hindi films.

Born as Tshering Phintso Denzongpa to a Buddhist family in Yuksom, Sikkim, he did his schooling in Birla Vidya Mandir, Nainital and thereafter completed college coursework at St Joseph's College, Darjeeling, in 1964.

Orde Wingate

Senior British Army officer known for his creation of the Chindit deep-penetration missions in Japanese-held territory during the Burma Campaign of the Second World War.

Orde Wingate enters Addis Ababa on horseback.

Daniel Sandford, Haile Selassie, and Wingate in Dambacha Fort

Wingate after his return from operations in Japanese-occupied Burma in 1943

Orde Wingate Square in Jerusalem's Talbiya neighbourhood.

The New Charterhouse School Chapel DSC 2161

Wingate, the eldest of three sons, was born on 26 February 1903 at Naini Tal near Almora in Kumaon, India, into a military family (cousins of the Wingate baronets).

Dalip Tahil

Indian film, television and theatre actor.

He studied at Sherwood College in Nainital, India.