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'''Naini Tal''', a [[Hill station|hill station]] in the [[Kumaon]] foothills of the outer Himalayas, was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V18_328.gif Naini Tal District] in the Kumaon Division of United Provinces during the British period. A cantonment was located there.
==Surrounding area==
'''Bhim Tal ''', modern name [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhimtal Bhimtal] (Wikipedia) is situated 22 kilometres from Naini Tal . It was the location of a [[POW Camps in India#Boer War|Boer prisoner of war camp]] , established in 1902 at the north end of the lake, according to this [http://books.google.com/books?id=fcrieQdY3Y0C&pg=PA78 link]<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=fcrieQdY3Y0C&pg=PA78 Page 78] ''Hill resorts of U.P. Himalaya,: a geographical study'' by Nutan Tyagi 1991 Google Books</ref>
Approximately 65 kilometres (40 miles) from Nainital is the '''[[Kumaon |Jim Corbett National Park]] '''. '''Muktesar''', (Muktsar, Mukstar), The author of this India List modern name [httphttps://archiver.rootsweben.ancestrywikipedia.com/th/read/INDIAorg/2012-03wiki/1332106098 postMukteshwar Mukteshwar] has happy memories (Wikipedia), 51 km from Naini Tal, was the location of her young days the Imperial Bacteriological Laboratory, which investigated diseases of stock in India. It subsequently became the forests Indian Veterinary Research Institute and remains the hill campus of Kumaon near the Jim Corbett National Parkthat institution. It was also a tourist destination. ==FIBIS Resources==*[[:Category:Nainital images|Images of Nainital]]*[http://gallery.fibis.org/index. php?/search/773 Images of Nainital] FIBIS Gallery
==Schools==
[[Image:Naini Tal Diocesan Boys' School.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Naini Tal Diocesan Boys' School]]
Oak Openings Boys High School was renamed in 1889, when it was relocated from a previous site. Jim Corbett of [[Kumaon|Jim Corbett National Park]] fame attended this school. In 1905 the Philander Smith Institute of Mussoorie, founded by a Mrs. Smith, widow of Mr. Philander Smith of Illinois was moved to Nainital and "amalgamated" with the Oak Openings Boys’ High School and the result was the Philander Smith College
<ref name=name>[http://www.birlavidyamandir.com/history.asp Birla Vidyamandir School: History] </ref>.
The Philander Smith College disappears from the scene in the early forties, probably due to the Second World War. The deserted campus of the college was now to be occupied by the short lived Hallet War School of the early forties named after the last Governor of the then United Province. <ref name=name/>
==Churches==
* St John in the Wilderness (established 1884)
==Cemeteries==
*St John in the Wilderness (1845-1928) ( Some information can be found in [[BACSA]] file [[British Library]] ref MSS Eur F370/603)
**[http://archive.org/stream/listofinscriptio00blunuoft#page/210/mode/2up/ Victims of the 1880 Landslip] Burials at St John in the Wilderness -page 211 ''List of inscriptions on Christian tombs and tablets of historical interest in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh'' by E A H Blunt ICS 1911 Archive.org
*Pines Cemetery
:Some information on the following three cemeteries can be found in [[BACSA]] file in the British Library (ref Mss Eur F370/604)
*Haldwani Cemetery (Muslim Graveyard)
*Kaladungi Cemetery. Some graves here date back to 1870s <ref> Long Vanessa [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/1998-05/0895286666 Kaladungi Cemetery] rootsweb Mailing List 1998. Retrieved August 2014</ref>.
*Methodist Cemetery (Ayarpatta)
==Volunteer Regiment==
==External links==
[[Image:Brewery Camp.jpg|thumb|right|360px|Naini Tal Brewery Camp]]
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V18_339.gif Naini Tal Town] Imperial Gazetteer<br>
*[http://www.nainitaltourism.com/home.html Nainital Tourism]
**[http://www.nainitaltourism.com/his.html History of Nainital]
**[http://www.nainitaltourism.com/old_pic.html Rare Old British Era Picture Gallery Of Nainital]
*[http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/India/North/Uttarakhand/Nainital/photo715675.htm Photograph of St. John's Church, Nainital] apparently now derelict. trekearth.com
*[http://www.dailypioneer.com/sunday-edition/agenda/sports-feature/church-in-the-foothills.html "Church In The Foothills"] by Mukesh Rawat 16 February 2014 ''The Pioneer''. The Church of St John in the Wilderness.
*[http://www.hindustantimes.com/dehradun/new-lease-of-life-for-british-era-cemeteries-in-nainital/story-9XfgtlXNo2leecXGCSLZcL.html "New lease of life for British-era cemeteries in Nainital"] by Anupam Trivedi. January 13, 2016 ''Hindustan Times''.
*[http://gurneyhouse.com/about-nainital/nainital-history/ History of Naini Tal] gurneyhouse.com
*[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NEM18801126.2.13&dliv=&e=-------10--1----0-- Terrible Landslip In India] ''Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 236'', 26 November 1880, page 4 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
*[http://www.birlavidyamandir.com/history.asp Birla Vidyamandir School: History]
*[http://www.oldsherwoodians.com/about/1867.htm History of Sherwood College], originally the Nainital Diocesan Boys School, founded 1867. oldsherwoodians.com, the Sherwood Alumni website.
*[http://sjcnainitalalumni.blogspot.com.au/ History of St. Joseph's College, Nainital]
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/photohistorytimeline/6232958024/in/set-72157610082277020/ Photograph by Samuel Bourne - Lake, Nynee Tal, 1860] flickr.com
====Historical books online====
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V18_339.gif "Naini Tal Town"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 18'', page 333.
*[http://archive.org/stream/handbooktravelle00john#page/n465/mode/2up "Map of Naini Tal"], between pages 282 and 283, ''A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon'' published by John Murray, London Eighth Edition 1911 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/stream/bygonedaysinindi00dewa#page/240/mode/2up "Naini Tal in the Days of the Company"] page 240 ''Bygone Days in India'' by Douglas Dewar 1922. Archive.org.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oKAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA307 "Nynee Tal"] from "A Sketch of the Physical and Topographical Characters and Other Relations of the Hill Sanitaria of Darjeeling, Nynee Tal, Landour and Murree, in the Bengal Presidency", page 307 ''Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1862'' Google Books
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/376/mode/2up "Nynee Tal"] page 376 ''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/fromhimalayastoe00foss ''From the Himalayas to the Equator; letters, sketches. and addresses, giving some account of a tour in India and Malaysia''] by Cyrus D Foss , one of the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 1899 Archive.org. With images. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2365806 FamilySearch Digital book, where the images have been [correctly<nowiki>]</nowiki> rotated]. May be slow to load. Includes Naini Tal.
*''A Guide to Naini Tal and Kumaun'' by C W Murphy 1906 is is available to download as a pdf from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]], located under Books, Indian Subcontinent, 1906.
*''Naini Tal : a historical and descriptive account, 1927'', published 1928, is available to download as two different pdfs from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]], located under Books, Indian Subcontinent, 1927 and 1928.They are cataloged as ''1927 Nainital--a historical and descriptive account by Clay'' and ''1928 Naini Tal--a historical and descriptive account by Clay''. It appears the author is considered to be J M Clay.
*[http://archive.org/stream/MyIndia1952#page/n1/mode/2up ''My India''] by Jim Corbett originally published 1952 Archive.org. Includes some descriptions of Naini Tal. For more books by Jim Corbett, see [[Kumaon]]
*''The Himalayan Districts of the North Western Provinces of India'' Volumes I, II and III by Edwin T Atkinson published 1882, 1884, 1886 as Volumes X, XI, XII of ''Statistical, descriptive and historical account of the North-Western Provinces of India'' [https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/IFLUJKZ7HXEEFPXISHCIAJY45YF5LLSX Volume I/Volume X], [https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/W57IR7Y7GX4B7EXNVE7D3SBKLJNPOVGH Volume II/Volume XI],[https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/2HMTNQMGV7CTKJAWGJZJNKWEJV2TIYUM Volume III/Volume XII] [[Online books#Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek| Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek]]
**''The Himalayan Gazetteer or the Himalayan Districts of the North Western Provinces of India'' by Edwin T Atkinson in 3 Volumes (6 Parts) is available, in a reprint edition. Covers the regions of Kumaon and Garhwal. This area is now the state of Uttarakhand. Volume 1, part 1 Contents digital page 12; Volume 1, part 2 Contents dp 12, Index dp 536; Volume 2, part 1 Contents dp18; Volume 2, part 2 Contents dp 16 Index dp 458, includes History of the British in the area; Volume 3, part 1 Contents dp 10 Place names A-J; Volume 3, part 2 Contents dp 8 Place names K-Z. Vol. 1, Part 1 (handle/2015/95851); Vol. 1, Part 2 (handle/2015/97345); Vol. 2, Part 1 (handle/2015/95852); Vol. 2, Part 2 (handle/2015/96527); Vol. 3, Part 1 (handle/2015/95853); Vol. 3, Part 2 (handle/2015/95854). Additional files are available for Volume 3.
*:Originally from the Digital Library of India. with mirror versions on Archive.org for [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Himalayan+Gazetteer%29&sort=-date ''Himalayan Gazetteer'']. If you have problems locating the above volumes, use the final number as a search term, example 2015.95851
*[http://bhagirathi.iitr.ac.in/dspace/handle/123456789/773 ''District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh: Volume 34: Nainital''] 1904 may be downloaded as a pdf from [http://bhagirathi.iitr.ac.in/dspace Bhagirathi - The Institute Repository of IIT Roorkee]
*[https://archive.org/stream/diaryofcivilians02kinguoft#page/72/mode/2up Naini Tal landslip] page 72 ''The diary of a civilian's wife in India, 1877-1882''
by Mrs. Robert Moss King 1884 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/scientificprocee4188385roya#page/2/mode/2up/search/Naini+Tal Naini Tal landslip] page 3 ''The Scientific proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society New Series Volume IV'' 1885 Archive.org
*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/41/1/55.full.pdf 'Sick Leave: a Search for Health"] by Captain J. C. Burns ''Journal of the Royal Army Army Medical Corps'' 1923;41:1 pages 55-63. The first part of the article describes Naini Tal.
*[https://archive.org/details/b2499067x ''A description of the Imperial Bacteriological Laboratory, Muktesar : its work and products''] by Major JDE Holmes 1913. Archive.org. Investigation of the diseases of stock in India.
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