Nainital


Nainital hill station

is 34 Km from Kathgodam, the gateway of Kumaon and the terminus of North Eastern Railway. It is 304 km from Delhi , capital of India , and 388 km from Lucknow the State capital.

According to the District Gazetteer Nainital is situated at 29 degrees 24' north latitude and 79 degrees 28' east longitude, in a valley of the Gagar range running east and west, which is bounded on the north by the peak of China, which rises to a height of 8.568 feet, continued by the Alma peak (presently known as Snow-View) and the Sher-Ka-Danda to the eastern extremity, where the ridge descends almost to the level of the lake.

Mr.P.Barron, a European merchant and an enthusiastic hunter from Rosa, near Shahjahanpur, founded " NAINITAL" in the year 1841. Mr. P. Barron was the first European who took a great fancy to this land. Moved by the beauty of the sparkling lake he wrote:

" It is by far the best site I have witnessed in the course of a 1,500 miles trek in the Himalayas ." It is very less is known about the history of Nainital. This region was called Khasdesh in ancient times and Khasis ruled this region before Christ was born. The name " NAINI" is derived from a temple to the goddess 'Naini Devi" built on the upper edge of the lake and was destroyed by the landslip of 1880. It was subsequently replaced by a modern structure. The word " Naini" means 'Eyes' and 'Tal' means ' Lake '.

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