Notes on the Geography of Northern India: NainitalNainital, "eye lake," became a British hill station in the 19th century; it's now an Indian resort, still offering relief from the heat of the plains 5,000 feet below. Make default image size larger ![]() Approach. ![]() What could this be? ![]() But of course: a British cemetery, in fact the cemetery of the headquarters of the Eastern Command, which was located here in Nainital. ![]() Still in ranks; it seems as though the ill were sent here to recover or die. ![]() An exception. ![]() The lake, known simply as The Lake. The elevation is about 6,300 feet. ![]() The view from the western end. ![]() A quiet moment. Switzerland? ![]() The Boating Club. ![]() Baskets of strawberries and possibly raspberries and mulberries. ![]() A lakeside hotel. ![]() Hillside housing. ![]() A walk through the bazaar, at the west end of the lake. ![]() Much of the neighborhood is physically unchanged since the British era. ![]() A steep staircase to the apartments above. ![]() Several floors are stacked atop the shops. ![]() A conversation between neighbors. ![]() The municipal market building. ![]() Sign provided courtesy of Coke. ![]() The High Court, still much as it was long ago, when Nainital was the hot-weather capital of the United Provinces. It's still the judicial capital of Uttarakhand, a new state cleaved off U.P in 2000. ![]() Another sturdy survivor. It's a bank. ![]() The Church of St. John in the Wilderness. ![]() Tomb of Colonel David Ward of the Royal Engineers, Chief Engineer and Joint Secretary for the North West Provinces and Oudh Public Works Department. ![]() Tombstone of Alexander Muddiman, a career bureaucrat whose career peaked with his appointment as governor of the United Provinces. At 53, he died six months later. ![]() A tombstone noting the death of one of the hundreds killed in a huge landslide at the west end of the lake in 1880. ![]() Cricket ground on the site of the landslide. ![]() Under the white lettering, an almost illegible inscription commemorates the landslide. ![]() Several Raj-era hotels survive. Here's one. ![]() Another view. ![]() The dining room. ![]() A second hotel, seen from the back. ![]() From the front. ![]() Sign. ![]() The Assembly Rooms, converted to a movie theater. ![]() Interior. |
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