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Almora is a magnificent town with a long history. The Kashaya
Hill on which the town is built finds a mention in the scripture of the Skanda Purana. In 1560 Raja Kalyan
Chand of Kumaon made it the capital of his kingdom. At that time it was
called Rajapur and ancient inscriptions on many places still have Rajapur
carved on them. The rule of the Chand dynasty came to an end after the
gorkhas from Nepal occupied the area in 1790. The British defeated
the Gorkhas in 1815, and established a small Army and a
Cantonment. |
