Pithoragarh (Viewers: Pithor'gaḍ) is a Himalayan city with a Municipal Board in the Pithoragarh region of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Kumaon's fourth-largest city and the largest in the Kumaon Hills, larger than Almora and Nainital. It has become an educational center in the hilly region as the city has Laxman Singh Mahar Govt.PGCollege, Seemant Institute of Technology, now known as Nanhi Pari Seemant Engineering Institute and a nursing college that caters for the needs of all nearby towns.Pithoragarh (Viewers: Pithor'gaḍ) is a Himalayan city with a Municipal Board in the Pithoragarh region of India's Uttarakhand region. Kumaon, the fourth-largest and largest city in Kumaon Hills, is larger than Almora and Nainital. It has become an educational center in the hilly region as the city has Laxman Singh Mahar Govt.PGCollege, Seemant Institute of Technology, now known as the Nanhi Pari Seemant Engineering Institute and a nursing college that caters to the needs of all nearby towns. The city of Pithoragarh and its vicinity were part of the province of Mankhankhand, which extends from Mount Kailash in the north to Babar and Terai in the south, as mentioned at Skanda Purana. [3]: 12 Asuras and Nagas appear to be the first inhabitants of the region, later raised by the Kirata, Khasas and Kunindas. [3]: 13 The Kuninda kings in the region may have been rivals of the Kushana kings, who participated in the region at the end of the first century AD. [3]: 16 The region later came under the rule of Kurmanchal, with its first capital at Jyotirmath and then at Karikeyapura (Modern day Baijnath) in the Katyur district. [4] After the collapse of the Katyuris and the fall of the empire in the 13th century, Pithoragarh came under the rule of the Bam kings of Saur. The Bam kings were kings of the Raikas of Doti and a branch of the katyuri kings, with their capital at Udaipur near Pithoragarh. However, the Rajas used to descend to Rameshwar and Bailorkol during the winter months. [3]: 24 The kings of Bam, who ruled in Saur are: [5]: 216

Kakil Bam

Channel Bam

Arki Bam

Jnani Bam

Shakti Bam

Vijai Bam

Hari Bam

In the fifteenth century, King Bharti Chand of Champawat assembled a large army, and he began plundering and killing in the territories ruled by the Trash Kings. This led to a war, which lasted 12 years, and ended with the victory of the Chands. [5]: 213–214 After the death of Bharti Chand in 1462, in Nagmalla, the king of Doti attacked his son, Ratna Chand succeeded in defending herself. [5]: 213–214 Nagmalla was killed in battle and the Bams became rivals of the Chands. [5]: 215–216 Saur pargana came under the direct rule of the Kumaon Empire in the sixteenth century during the reign of King Balo Kalyan Chand, when it was given to him by the Raika king of Doti as a bride to marry his daughter. In 1790, Chand's kings built a new fort on the hill where the present Girls Inter College is located. The fort was demolished by the Indian government in 1962 after China invaded India. [Why?] Chand's empire, in the news, is regarded as one of the most powerful kingdoms in Kumaon. Their rule is also accompanied by a period of cultural renewal. Archeology points to the development of culture and the arts in this period. The Indian National Congress branch was established in the region in 1912, and in 1916, a large number of Pithoragarh residents attended the Lucknow Congress conference. The uncoordinated movement began in the region in 1921 and by 1930, 10 Pithoragarh people had joined the Civil disobedience movement. Subsequently, Congress won Pithoragarh's seat in the 1937 provincial elections. The 1942 Quit India Movement garnered widespread support in Pithoragarh, and at least 150 people were arrested and fined. Congress won Pithoragarh's seat again in the 1945 general election of the Provincial Assembly, and in 1947, along with the whole of India, the region regained independence from the British government. [3]: 38