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	Haldwani, Kumaon - Uttaranchal
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Kumaon Region Haldwani Nainital Ranikhet Almora Pithoragarh Munsiyari Rudrapur Kashipur Ramnagar Champawat Tanakpur Sitarganj Bhimtal Bajpur Bageshwar Garhwal Region Dehradun Mussoorie Haridwar Rishikesh Barkot Chamba Uttarkashi Dhanaulti Lansdowne New Tehri	Haldwani (in the Nainital district) is one of the most populous towns in the Indian state of Uttaranchal. It is known as the "Gateway to Kumaon". In Kumaoni (the local dialect), the place is called "Halduvani", after the tree named "Haldu" which was found in abundance prior to deforestation for agriculture and settlement. Kathgodam is a satellite town of Haldwani.

	Information about Haldwani One of the oldest landmarks in Haldwani is the Kalu Sayyad Temple, established when the area was still under dense forest cover. In 1815, after the British defeated Gorkhas, Gardner was appointed as the Commissioner of Kumaon. Later on Gerorge William Trail took over as Commissioner. In 1834 Trail renamed Halduvani as Haldwani. "Gora Padao", 4 km south of Haldwani is named after a British camp/post at that location in the mid 1800s. In 1856, Henry Ramsay took over as the Commissior of Kumaon. He connected Nainital with Kathgodam by road in 1882. In 1883-84, the railway track between Bareilly and Kathgodam was laid. The first train arrived at Haldwani from Lucknow on April 24, 1884. Later, the railway line was extended to Kathgodam. The Arya Samaj Bhavan was built in 1901 and Sanatan Dharm Sabha in 1902. The Tehsil office was opened in 1899. In 1907 Haldwani got the status of town area. Haldwani-Kathgodam Municipal Council was established on September 21, 1942. Currently it is the second largest Municipal Council in the state of Uttaranchal after Haridwar. Well connected with the Indo-Gangetic plain by road (to New Delhi, Dehradun and Lucknow) and rail (New Delhi, Lucknow and Agra), Haldwani is an important commercial hub. It is home to one of the largest vegetable, fruit and foodgrain markets in Northern India. Haldwani is also home to a few schools which provide an exceptionally high standard of pre-college education, without the elitism and expenses associated with the residential hill schools of Uttaranchal. It also boasts a premier university of agriculture and technology nearby, and a medical college locally. Geologically, Haldwani is settled on a piedmont grade (called Bhabhar) where the mountain rivers go underground to re-emerge in the Indo-Gangetic plain. Eight kilometers north of Haldwani at Ranibagh is a multicolored boulder ( in geology it is conglomerate ) called Chitrashila amidst the river Gaula (Gargi). A fair called Uttarayani (also called Ghughutiya in Kumaoni) is held here on Makar sankranti (on 13-14 of January) every year.The Gaula river is exploited for a large quantity of boulders,sand and gravels every year. Long in the shadow of its famous hill cousins, the Haldwani area has a lot to offer by the way of quaint villages, rolling deciduous forests and open spaces outside the urban sprawl. The last 20 years have seen an explosion in the demographics leading to a creaking infrastructure. The city is struggling to live upto its sobriquet of "Green City". This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors.

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