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Kumaon Kingdom

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Kumaon Kingdom (Kumaoni/Hindi: कुमाऊँ राज्य) was a Himalayan kingdom ruled by Many Himalayan dynasties in the Kumaon region of present-day Uttarakhand state of India. [1]

46 relations: Allahabad, Almora, Almora district, Anglo-Nepalese War, Bageshwar, Bageshwar district, Bagnath Temple, Baijnath, Uttarakhand, Baleshwar Temple, Bhabar, Bhimtal, Champawat, Dehradun, Didihat, Doti, Dwarahat, East India Company, Garhwal Kingdom, Ghorakhal, Gorkha Kingdom, Katarmal, Katyuri kings, King, Kumaon division, Kumaoni language, Kuninda Kingdom, Mankot, Monarchy, Nainital, Nepal, Northern Indo-Aryan languages, Pahari painting, Pahari people, Pithoragarh, Rohilla, Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, Sambhal, Shah Jahan, Shahjahanpur, Sharda River, Sovereign state, Terai, Treaty of Sugauli, Udham Singh Nagar district, UNESCO, Uttarakhand.

Allahabad

Prayag, or Allahabad is a large metropolitan city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of Allahabad District, the most populous district in the state and 13th most populous district in India, and the Allahabad Division.

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Almora

Almora is a municipal board and a cantonment town in the Almora district in the state of Uttarakhand, India.

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Almora district

Almora district is a district in the Kumaon division of Uttarakhand state, India.

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Anglo-Nepalese War

The Anglo-Nepalese War (1814–16), also known as the Gurkha War, was fought between the Kingdom of Gorkha (present-day Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal) and the East India Company as a result of border disputes and ambitious expansionism of both the belligerent parties.

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Bageshwar

Bageshwar is a city and a municipal board in Bageshwar district in the state of Uttarakhand, India.

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Bageshwar district

Bageshwar District is a district of Uttarakhand state in northern India.

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Bagnath Temple

Bagnath Temple (बागनाथ मंदिर) is an ancient shrine dedicated to Lord Shiva, situated in the Bageshwar city at the confluence of Sarayu and Gomati rivers.

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Baijnath, Uttarakhand

Baijnath is a small town on the banks of the Gomati river in the Bageshwar district of Uttarakhand, India.

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Baleshwar Temple

Baleshwar Temple is ancient temple dedicated to Shiva, situated within city of Champawat in Uttarakhand.

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Bhabar

Bhabar (Hindi and भाबर, Bhābar) is the region south of the Lower Himalayas and the Shiwalik Hills.

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Bhimtal

Bhimtal is a town and a nagar panchayat in Nainital district in the state of Uttarakhand, India, situated at an altitude of 1370 meters above sea level and is about 22 kilometers from Nainital.

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Champawat

Champawat is a town and a Nagar Palika Parishad in Champawat district in the state of Uttarakhand, India.

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Dehradun

Dehradun or Dehra Dun is the interim capital city of Uttarakhand, a state in the northern part of India.

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Didihat

Didihat is a town and a Nagar Palika in Pithoragarh District in the state of Uttarakhand, India.

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Doti

Doti (Devnagari; डोटी), also known as Doti region, Dotigarh (डोटीगढ़) as used in the Jagar (folk tales; जागर), and the Farwestern region of Nepal, is a region situated between River Kali boarding to the Uttarakhand in the west and Karnali river on the east.

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Dwarahat

Dwarahat is a town and a nagar panchayat in Almora district in the state of Uttarakhand, India.

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East India Company

The East India Company (EIC), also known as the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) or the British East India Company and informally as John Company, was an English and later British joint-stock company, formed to trade with the East Indies (in present-day terms, Maritime Southeast Asia), but ended up trading mainly with Qing China and seizing control of large parts of the Indian subcontinent.

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Garhwal Kingdom

Garhwal Kingdom (गढ़वाळ रजौड़ा; गढ़वाल राज्य; गढ़वाल राज्य), was an independent kingdom in the current north-western Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, India, founded in 823 AD by Kanakpal, the progenitor of the Panwar Garhwali Rajput dynasty that ruled over the kingdom uninterrupted till 1803.

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Ghorakhal

Ghorakal is the place situated in the Nainital district of the Uttarakhand state of India.

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Gorkha Kingdom

Gorkha Kingdom (गोरखा राज्य) was a former kingdom in the confederation of 24 states known as Chaubisi rajya located in present-day western Nepal.

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Katarmal

Katarmal is a remote village located in Kumaon Division, in Almora District, Uttarakhand, India.

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Katyuri kings

The Katyuri kings were a medieval ruling clan of present-day Uttarakhand, India.

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King

King, or King Regnant is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts.

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Kumaon division

For Kumaoni people see Kumaoni people Kumaon or Kumaun is one of the two regions and administrative divisions of Uttarakhand, a mountainous state of northern India, the other being Garhwal.

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Kumaoni language

The Kumaoni language is a Central Pahari language.

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Kuninda Kingdom

The Kingdom of Kuninda (or Kulinda in ancient literature) was an ancient central Himalayan kingdom documented from around the 2nd century BCE to the 3rd century, located in the modern state of Uttarakhand and southern areas of Himachal in northern India.

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Mankot

Mankot is a Village situated in Bageshwar district in the State of Uttarakhand, India.

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Monarchy

A monarchy is a form of government in which a group, generally a family representing a dynasty (aristocracy), embodies the country's national identity and its head, the monarch, exercises the role of sovereignty.

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Nainital

Nainital is a popular hill station in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and headquarters of Nainital district in the Kumaon foothills of the outer Himalayas.

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Nepal

Nepal (नेपाल), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल), is a landlocked country in South Asia located mainly in the Himalayas but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

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Northern Indo-Aryan languages

The Northern Indo-Aryan languages, also known as Pahāṛi languages, are a group of Indo-Aryan languages spoken in the lower ranges of the Himalayas, from Nepal in the east, through the Indian states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.

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Pahari painting

Pahari painting (literally meaning a painting from the mountainous regions: pahar means a mountain in Hindi) is an umbrella term used for a form of Indian painting, done mostly in miniature forms, originating from Himalayan hill kingdoms of North India, during 17th-19th century, notably Basohli, Mankot, Nurpur, Chamba, Kangra, Guler, Mandi, and Garhwal.

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Pahari people

The Pahari people, (Pahāṛī; Hindi and पहाड़ी); also called Pahadi and Parbati, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group of the Himalayas living in Nepal and are a majority of the population of the Himalayan regions of India (Himachal Pradesh and northern Uttar Pradesh).

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Pithoragarh

Pithoragarh is a town with a Municipal Board in the Pithoragarh district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, which was carved out of the Almora district in 1960.

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Rohilla

The Rohilla Pathans, or Rohilla Afghan, is a community of Urdu-speaking people of Pashtun ethnicity, historically found in Rohilkhand, a region in the state of Uttar Pradesh, North India.

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Rudrapur, Uttarakhand

Rudrapur is a city in Udham Singh Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

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Sambhal

Sambhal (सम्भल) (سنبھل) is a city in Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Shah Jahan

Mirza Shahab-ud-din Baig Muhammad Khan Khurram (5 January 1592 – 22 January 1666), better known by his regnal name Shah Jahan (شاہ جہاں), (Persian:شاه جهان "King of the World"), was the fifth Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1628 to 1658.

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Shahjahanpur

Shahjahanpur is a municipal corporation, town and district headquarters of Shahjahanpur District in Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Sharda River

The Sharda River (Hindi: शारदा नदी) or Mahakali River (Nepali: महाकाली नदी) is also called Kali Gad (Hindi: काली गाड़, kālī gād) or Kali Ganga in Uttarakhand where the river demarcates Nepal's western border with India.

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Sovereign state

A sovereign state is, in international law, a nonphysical juridical entity that is represented by one centralized government that has sovereignty over a geographic area.

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Terai

The Terai (तराई तराइ) is a lowland region in southern Nepal and northern India that lies south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas, the Siwalik Hills, and north of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

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Treaty of Sugauli

The Treaty of Sugauli (also spelled Sugowlee, Sagauli and Segqulee), the treaty that established the boundary line of Nepal, was signed on 2December 1815 and ratified by 4 March 1816 between the East India Company and King of Nepal following the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814-16.

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Udham Singh Nagar district

Udham Singh Nagar District is a district of Uttarakhand state in northern India.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.

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Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand, officially the State of Uttarakhand (Uttarākhaṇḍ Rājya), formerly known as Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India.

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Kumaon Province, Kumaun Kingdom.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumaon_Kingdom

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