In the same year, Henry Ramsay begins service as Assistant Commissioner. Ramsay proves to be the ablest of British officials posted to Kumaon, enjoying wide-scale respect and support from the inhabitants. His unassuming and friendly demeanour with everyone, high and low, works to ensure the region's loyalty to the British. However, Ramsay establishes martial law throughout the region as anti-establishment comments are made punishable by internment or death.
1856
Henry Ramsay becomes Commissioner, serving British interests in British Garhwal and Kumaon for 28 more years.
1857
The Indian Mutiny spreads throughout the plains, but calls for insurrection go largely ignored in the hills. Memories of Gurkha oppression and British deliverance keep Uttarakhand loyal. King Sudarshan Shah supports the British with men and materièle. He also deploys troops to protect the Europeans that had fled the plains for Mussoorie and other hill stations.
1866
The explorer, Nain Singh Rawat, reaches Lhasa where he meets the Dalai Lama