Garhwal District

After the downfall of Katyuris the whole of Garhwal region was broken up into more than sixty four principalities which were ruled by a chieftain.

The Garhwal Kingdom was found by one of the chief named Ajay Pal, who reduced the petty forts and brought them under his own chieftainship.

During their rule they encountered various attacks from "Mughals", "Sikhs", "Rohillas" and "Gorkhas".

Despite the efforts of the Garhwalis the Gorkhas managed to capture till Langoorgarh but had to retreat due to an attack by the Chinese army.

[3] After independence garhwal, Almora and Nainital were administered by the commissioner of Kumaon division.