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Almora

Almora in Uttarakhand. Explore its public directory, history, places, personalities and election references.

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Almora district is a district in the Kumaon Division of Uttarakhand state, India. The headquarters is at Almora. It is 1,638 meters above sea level. The neighbouring regions are Pithoragarh district to the east, Chamoli district to the west, Bageshwar district to the north and Nainital district to the south.

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History & identity

The story of Almora

The ancient town of Almora was the capital of the Kumaon Kingdom, before its establishment, it was under the possession of Katyuri king Baichaldeo. Later on when the Chand dynasty was founded in Champawat, the town of Almora was founded at this centrally located place in 1568 by Kalyan Chand. Later Chand kings shifted the capital of the Kumaon Kingdom from Champawat to Almora. Almora town was the administrative headquarters of the Kumaun district; which was formed in 1815 following the defeat of Gorkha army in the Anglo-Gorkha war and the 1816 Treaty of Sugauli. Historically, a major administrative division...

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Almora: food, crops, crafts & local products

Food processing · PMFME ODOP

Apricot based products

The Ministry of Food Processing Industries lists these food-product priorities for this district in its dated PMFME One District One Product record. This identifies programme focus, rather than current crop output or the district’s complete food culture.

District name in source: Almora
Source date: 2025-02-06

District products · ODOP reference

Bal Mithai

These products appear against this district in the linked One District One Product catalogue. They are documented product associations, rather than a current industrial census or a complete list of local businesses.

District name in source: Almora
Source date: 2025-08-19

People connected with Almora

8 public personality references

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Charles C. G. Chaplin

Charles Clifford Gordon Chaplin (1906–1991) was an American ichthyologist and author of British origins.

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Dev Ashish

Sri Dev Ashish (1946–2017) was an Australian-born Indian spiritual leader who ran the Mirtola ashram in Uttarakhand from 1997 to 2017.

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Len Garwood

Leonard Frank Garwood (28 July 1923 – 1979) was an English professional footballer who played for Hitchin Town, Tottenham Hotspur and Bedford Town.

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Madan Singh Bisht

Madan Singh Bisht (born 1963) is an Indian politician from Uttarakhand. He is an MLA from Dwarahat Assembly constituency in Almora district. He won the 2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election representing the...

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Mohan Singh Bisht

Mohan Singh Bisht ( ; born 2 June 1957) is an Indian politician from Delhi, belonging to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He is the current Deputy Speaker of Delhi Legislative Assembly. He...

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Raghunath Singh Chauhan

Raghunath Singh Chauhan is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Uttarakhand. He was the deputy speaker of fourth Uttarkhand Legislative Assembly from 2017 till 2022. He is...

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Ramniklal K. Gandhi

Ramniklal Kirchand Gandhi was an Indian pediatric surgeon, medical academic, writer and the president of the Association of Surgeons of India. Born in a Jain family of modest means in Khanpar, Wankaner,...

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Rekha Arya

Rekha Arya (born 15 December 1978) is an Indian politician from Uttarakhand. She is an MLA representing Bharatiya Janata Party from Someshwar Assembly constituency, which is reserved for Scheduled Caste community, in...

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Almora: official travel, agriculture & local information

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