Ranikhet

[nikhil]

Hi Friends!

Ranikhet gets its name, which mean Queen's meadow in English, from a legend that an Indian queen visited the site and built herself a palace here, though no palace exists in the area. In 1869, the British established the headquarters of the Kumaon regiment here and used the station as a retreat from the heat of the Indian summer. Ranikhet is a cantonment town and is the home for the Kumaon (KRC)& Naga regement and is maintained by the Indian Army.

[vikrant]

Hi nikhil!

Can u tell me more about Ranikhet? I mean the weather there, birds, animals, forests etc.
Also how can we reach there?

[nikhil]

Ranikhet becomes very cold in the winters and is moderate in summers. One can enjoy the Himalayan view from October to March. Ranikhet gets snowfall in the winter season, maily in the months of December, January and February. It offers a vast diversity of flora and fauna with vast forests of Pine and Deodar. One can see leopards in Ranikhet as well

The local language of this town is Kumaoni. Ranikhet is well connected by buses from Delhi and Lucknow. The nearest railway station is Kathgodam which is approximately 80 km from Ranikhet.

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Ranikhet is popular because it still has vast expanses of greenery in an around and is surely a close comparison to heaven.