History stories from Uttarakhand

The Champawat Tigress: How Jim Corbett Ended Kumaon's Deadliest Man-Eater

The Champawat Tigress: How Jim Corbett Ended Kumaon's Deadliest Man-Eater

In 1907, a young railway man named Jim Corbett walked into the hills of Champawat to hunt a tigress blamed for about…

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Uttarakhand Foundation Day (9 November): How the Hill State Was Born

Uttarakhand Foundation Day, or Uttarakhand Diwas, is celebrated every year on 9 November, the day in 2000 when the hill districts of…

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The Town Under the Lake: The Story of Old Tehri

The Town Under the Lake: The Story of Old Tehri

Beneath the blue water of Tehri Lake lies a royal capital that stood for almost two centuries. This is the story of…

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Darwan Singh Negi: The Garhwali Soldier Who Won the Victoria Cross

In November 1914, a young naik from a village in Chamoli fought through the trenches of Festubert in France, wounded in the…

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