Ranikhett,the Regimental Centre for the Kumaon
Regiment,Located along an elevation of 1,800 m, Ranikhet is a
gorgeous densely forested cantonment town in the Almora district of
Uttarakhand in the Kumaon hills. Ranikhet is a picturesque getaway
faraway from the hurly-burly of regular life. Revealed and built by
the Brit...ish during 1869, the hill station
enchanted Lord Mayo the then Viceroy of India who was so enthralled
with this position and he sought to move the Summer Headquarters of
the army from Shimla to Ranikhet. Though it did not come about but
Ranikhet became and still is the Regimental Centre for the Kumaon
Regiment. Being a cantonment, Ranikhet strike a chord of the British
rule with its majestic buildings.