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[[File:Station Dairy Ranikhet.jpg|thumb|Right|Station Dairy at Ranikhet]]<br />
'''Ranikhet''' was an important military hill station in the District and tahsil of [[Almora]], [[United Provinces Districts|United Provinces]]
"The Cantonment comprises Ranikhet proper, Kumpoor, '''Chaubattia''' and the standing camp also known as Dulikhet and is about 6 km long with an average breadth of 8 miles and has an area of 4,262.61 acres. ...In 1868, the site was selected for stationing British Troops and the following year the Cantonment was established"<ref>[http://www.indiatoursservice.com/Ranikhet_Travel.php Ranikhet] indiatoursservice.com</ref>
Chaubattia is situated about 7 km from Ranikhet.
Ranikhet Cantonment Authority was established in 1869. Minutes of the Cantonment Committee are available in the Cantonment Board Office from 1869. In 1870 log huts were constructed in Ranikhet for accommodation of troops and the 37th Hampshire Regiment was sent up and worked  making roads, cleaning and leveling the sites for construction of Barracks.<ref>[http://www.cbranikhet.org.in Cantonment Board, Ranikhet]</ref>
==Spelling variants==
Modern spelling: Ranikhet<br>
Variants: Rannikhet/Rani Khet/Ranee Khet/Raniket/Rhaniket<br>
Modern spelling: Chaubatia<br>
Variants: Chaubattia/Chaubatia/Chaubathia
==Churches==
* St Bridget's Church, Chaubattia (Built 1884). <ref> [http://bareillydiocese.org/chaubattia/ bareillydiocese.org]</ref>
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranikhet Ranikhet] Wikipedia (retrieved 19 May 2016)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaubatia Chaubatia] Wikipedia (retrieved 19 May 2016)
*[http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/i4ZwATS1x18HRrRK1pWDOL/Ranikhet-the-Raj-relived.html Ranikhet: the Raj relived] by Saionton Basu  22 July 2009 livemint.com
*[http://www.lancs-fusiliers.co.uk/gallerynew/1lfIndia1944/wits1/pages/BarracksatRaniket.htm  Photograph: Alma Barracks Ranikhet c 1945-48] from the Eddie Holmes Photos Collection.  Lancashire Fusiliers XX lancs-fusiliers.co.uk
===Historical books online===
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_239.gif "Ranikhet"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 21'', page 233.
== References ==
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[[Ranikhet]] is an important military hill station.
[[File:Station Dairy Ranikhet.jpg|thumb|left|Station Dairy at Ranikhet]]
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Latest revision as of 15:59, 11 June 2016

Ranikhet
Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 29.65°N 79.42°E
Altitude: 1,869 m (6,132 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Ranikhet
State/Province: Uttarakhand
Country: India
Transport links
Station Dairy at Ranikhet


Ranikhet was an important military hill station in the District and tahsil of Almora, United Provinces

"The Cantonment comprises Ranikhet proper, Kumpoor, Chaubattia and the standing camp also known as Dulikhet and is about 6 km long with an average breadth of 8 miles and has an area of 4,262.61 acres. ...In 1868, the site was selected for stationing British Troops and the following year the Cantonment was established"[1]

Chaubattia is situated about 7 km from Ranikhet.

Ranikhet Cantonment Authority was established in 1869. Minutes of the Cantonment Committee are available in the Cantonment Board Office from 1869. In 1870 log huts were constructed in Ranikhet for accommodation of troops and the 37th Hampshire Regiment was sent up and worked making roads, cleaning and leveling the sites for construction of Barracks.[2]

Spelling variants

Modern spelling: Ranikhet
Variants: Rannikhet/Rani Khet/Ranee Khet/Raniket/Rhaniket

Modern spelling: Chaubatia
Variants: Chaubattia/Chaubatia/Chaubathia

Churches

  • St Bridget's Church, Chaubattia (Built 1884). [3]

External links

Historical books online

  • "Ranikhet" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 21, page 233.

References