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ALMORA , a See also:town and See also:district of See also:British See also:India, the See also:chief town and administrative headquarters of the See also:Kumaon See also:division of the See also:United Provinces, situated on a See also:mountain-See also:ridge of the Himalayas 5494 ft. above the' See also:sea. Pop. (1901) 8596. The town has a See also:college called after See also:Sir See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Ramsay; a See also:government high school; a See also:Christian girls' school; and a large See also:cantonment. The town was captured by the Gurkhas in 1790, who constructed a fort on the eastern extremity of the ridge. Another citadel, Fort Moira, is situated on the other extremity of the ridge. Almora is also celebrated as the See also:scene of the British victory which terminated the See also:war with See also:Nepal in See also:April 1815, and which resulted in the evacuation of Kumaon by the Gurkhas and the See also:annexation of the See also:province by the British.
The DISTRICT of ALMORA was constituted in 1891, together with Naini Tal, by a redistribution of the two former districts of Kumaon and the See also:Tarai. It lies among the mountains of Kumaon, between the upper See also:waters of the See also:Ganges and the See also:Gogra, here called the See also:Kali. See also:Area, 5419 sq. m.; pop. (1901) 465,893, showing an increase of 13% during the See also:decade. See also:Tea is grown in the district, which includes the military See also:sanatorium of Ranikhet. The nearest railway via Naini Tal is the See also:extension of the Oudh and See also:Rohilkhand See also:line from near See also:Bareilly to Kathgodam.
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