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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Doti</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native">सुदुर पश्चिमाञ्चल - Sudura Paścimāñcala</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Development_Regions_of_Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="Development Regions of Nepal">Former region</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow ib-settlement-official"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Far-Western Development Region</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dipayal.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Seti River valley with Dipayal to the left"><img alt="Seti River valley with Dipayal to the left" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Dipayal.jpg/250px-Dipayal.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Dipayal.jpg/375px-Dipayal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Dipayal.jpg/500px-Dipayal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1125" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Seti River valley with Dipayal to the left</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Far-Western_Region_in_Nepal.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of the Far-Western Region"><img alt="Location of the Far-Western Region" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Far-Western_Region_in_Nepal.svg/250px-Far-Western_Region_in_Nepal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Far-Western_Region_in_Nepal.svg/375px-Far-Western_Region_in_Nepal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Far-Western_Region_in_Nepal.svg/500px-Far-Western_Region_in_Nepal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="714" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of the Far-Western Region</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">Dipayal Silgadhi</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">19,539 km<sup>2</sup> (7,544 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)<sup id="cite_ref-un_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-un-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,552,517</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">130/km<sup>2</sup> (340/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B5:45" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+5:45">UTC+5:45</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nepal_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Nepal Time">NPT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">NP-5</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Doti</b> (<a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a>: <span lang="ne">डोटी</span>), also known as <b>Dotigarh</b> (डोटीगढ़) or the <b>Far-Western Development Region</b> was a development region of Nepal situated between <a href="/wiki/Kali_River_(Uttarakhand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kali River (Uttarakhand)">River Kali</a> bordering <a href="/wiki/Kumaon_division" title="Kumaon division">Kumaon division</a> of <a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand" title="Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a>, India in the west and the <a href="/wiki/Ghaghara_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghaghara River">Karnali</a> river on the east.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Doti was one of eight different princely states of the <a href="/wiki/Katyuri_kings" class="mw-redirect" title="Katyuri kings">Katyuri Kingdom</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Districts">Districts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doti&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Doti covered the nine districts of modern <a href="/wiki/Sudurpashchim_Province" title="Sudurpashchim Province">Sudurpashchim Province</a> combined into two zones. They are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Darchula_District" title="Darchula District">Darchula District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baitadi_District" title="Baitadi District">Baitadi District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dadeldhura_District" title="Dadeldhura District">Dadeldhura District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanchanpur_District" title="Kanchanpur District">Kanchanpur District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doti_District" title="Doti District">Doti District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kailali_District" title="Kailali District">Kailali District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bajhang_District" title="Bajhang District">Bajhang District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bajura_District" title="Bajura District">Bajura District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achham_District" title="Achham District">Achham District</a></li></ul> <p>Kailali and Kanchanpur District are in the <a href="/wiki/Terai" title="Terai">Terai area</a> and the rest are mountainous. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doti&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name Doti is believed to have originated from the word Doab which means the land area between the confluence of two rivers. </p><p>Other view is that the original name of Doti was <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">devatavi</i></span> = <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">dev</i></span> + <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">aatavi</i></span> or <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">aalaya</i></span> (<span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">dev</i></span> meaning Hindu God and <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">aatavi</i></span> meaning the place of re-creation or the place of attaining a meditation in Sanskrit).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doti&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Doti was an <a href="/wiki/Ancient" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient">ancient</a> kingdom in far western region of <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a> which was formed after the disintegration of the <a href="/wiki/Katyuri_Kings" class="mw-redirect" title="Katyuri Kings">Katyuri</a> <a href="/wiki/Monarchy" title="Monarchy">Kingdom</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kumaon_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Kumaon Kingdom">Kumaon</a> around the 13th century.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Doti was one of eight different <a href="/wiki/Princely_states" class="mw-redirect" title="Princely states">princely states</a> Katyuri Kingdom was divided into Eight for their eight Prince and became different independent Kingdom. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baijnath,_Uttarakhand" title="Baijnath, Uttarakhand">Baijnath</a>-Katyur</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwarahat" title="Dwarahat">Dwarahat</a></li> <li>Doti</li> <li>Baramandal</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Askot" title="Askot">Askot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Didihat" title="Didihat">Sira</a></li> <li>Sora</li> <li>Sui (Kali kumaon)</li></ul> <p>Later on, the whole land between <a href="/wiki/Ramganga#Ramganga_East" title="Ramganga">Ramganga</a> on the west (<a href="/wiki/Kumaon_division" title="Kumaon division">Kumaon</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/Ghaghara_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghaghara River">Karnali</a> on the east came under the Raikas after the origin of Raikas of <a href="/wiki/Katyuri_Kings" class="mw-redirect" title="Katyuri Kings">Katyuris</a> in Doti.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Brahma Dev Mandi" at <a href="/wiki/Kanchanpur_District" title="Kanchanpur District">Kanchanpur District</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mahakali_Zone" title="Mahakali Zone">Mahakali Zone</a> was established by Katyuri king Brahma Dev.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Raikas_of_Doti">Raikas of Doti</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doti&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Raikas of Doti"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mandhata_Shahi-_SAKE-1612.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Mandhata_Shahi-_SAKE-1612.jpg/250px-Mandhata_Shahi-_SAKE-1612.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Mandhata_Shahi-_SAKE-1612.jpg/330px-Mandhata_Shahi-_SAKE-1612.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Mandhata_Shahi-_SAKE-1612.jpg/500px-Mandhata_Shahi-_SAKE-1612.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1984" data-file-height="1488" /></a><figcaption>Copper Inscription by King of Doti, <i>Raika</i> Mandhata Shahi at <a href="/wiki/Saka_Era" class="mw-redirect" title="Saka Era">Saka Era</a> 1612 (शाके १६१२) (or 1747 <a href="/wiki/Bikram_Samvat" class="mw-redirect" title="Bikram Samvat">Bikram Samvat</a>) in old <a href="/w/index.php?title=Malla_language&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Malla language (page does not exist)">Malla language</a> using <a href="/wiki/Devanagari" title="Devanagari">Devanagari</a> script</figcaption></figure> <p>Niranjan Malla Dev was the founder of Doti <a href="/wiki/Monarchy" title="Monarchy">Kingdom</a> around the 13th century after the fall of the <a href="/wiki/Katyuri_Kings" class="mw-redirect" title="Katyuri Kings">Katyuri</a> Kingdom. He was the son of Last Katyuris of united <a href="/wiki/Katyuri_Kings" class="mw-redirect" title="Katyuri Kings">Katyuris</a> kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kings of Doti were called Raikas (also Rainka Maharaj).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later on Raikas, after defeating the <a href="/wiki/Khas" class="mw-redirect" title="Khas">Khas</a> Malla of Karnali Zone, were able to establish a strong Raika Kingdom in Far Western Region of Nepal (Doti) . So far, the historical evidences<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of following Raikas have been discovered: </p> <ul><li>Niranjan Malla Dev (Founder of Doti Kingdom)</li> <li>Nagi Malla (1238)</li> <li>Ripu Malla (1279)</li> <li>Nirai Pal (1353): maybe of <a href="/wiki/Askot" title="Askot">Askot</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> his historical evidence of 1354 A.D has been found in <a href="/wiki/Almora" title="Almora">Almora</a> too<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Nag Malla (1384)</li> <li>Dhir Malla (1400)</li> <li>Ripu Malla (1410)</li> <li>Anand Malla (1430)</li> <li>Balinarayan Malla: not known</li> <li>Sansar Malla (1442)</li> <li>Kalyan Malla (1443)</li> <li>Suratan Malla (1478)</li> <li>Kriti Malla (1482)</li> <li>Prithivi Malla (1488)</li> <li>Medini Jay Malla (1512)</li> <li>Ashok Malla (1517)</li> <li>Raj Malla (1539)</li> <li>Arjun Malla/Shahi: not known but he was ruling Sira as Malla and Doti as Shahi<sup id="cite_ref-Ram_Singh_2006_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ram_Singh_2006-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Bhupati Malla/Shahi (1558)</li> <li>Sagaram Shahi (1567)</li> <li>Hari Malla/Shahi (1581): last Raikas King of Sira<sup id="cite_ref-Ram_Singh_2006_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ram_Singh_2006-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Rudra Shahi (1630)</li> <li>Vikram Shahi (1642)</li> <li>Mandhata Shahi (1671)</li> <li>Raghunath Shahi (1690)</li> <li>Hari Shahi (1720)</li> <li>Hrishna Shahi (1760)</li> <li>Deep Shahi (1785),</li> <li>Prithivi pati Shahi (1790): he had fought against Nepali Ruler (Gorkhali Ruler) with British in 1814 A.D.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mogul_invasion_on_Far-Western_Nepal">Mogul invasion on Far-Western Nepal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doti&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Mogul invasion on Far-Western Nepal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the period of <a href="/wiki/Akbar" title="Akbar">Akbar</a>'s rule in the 16th century, the <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Moguls</a> had attacked the Raikas of Doti. They invaded Ajemeru, capital of the Raika Kingdom. Ajemeru is now in <a href="/wiki/Dadeldhura_District" title="Dadeldhura District">Dadeldhura District</a> of far western region of <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>. Hussain Khan, army chief of Akbar residing in <a href="/wiki/Lucknow" title="Lucknow">Lucknow</a> had led the attack. According to <a href="/wiki/%60Abd_al-Qadir_Bada%27uni" class="mw-redirect" title="`Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni">`Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni</a> (c. 1540 - 1615), Indo-Persian historian during <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal Empire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Mughal Army">Mughal Army</a> chief of <a href="/wiki/Lucknow" title="Lucknow">Lucknow</a>, Hussain Khan, lured by the wealth and treasures of the kingdom of the Raikas, wanted to plunder the state, this being the motive behind the assault; he managed to capture some cities and after his successful campaign he returned to <a href="/wiki/Lucknow" title="Lucknow">Lucknow</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gorkha_Invasion">Gorkha Invasion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doti&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Gorkha Invasion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The historic place of war between the Doti Kingdom and Nepal (<a href="/wiki/Gorkha_Kingdom" title="Gorkha Kingdom">Gorkha Kingdom</a>) during the period of Gorkha Expansion in 1790, according to the <a href="/wiki/History_of_Nepal" title="History of Nepal">history of Nepal</a>, is <i>Nari-Dang</i> which lies on the bank of the <a href="/wiki/Seti_River" title="Seti River">Seti River</a> and Dumrakot was the base of the Doti Kingdom during the fighting against the Gorkhalis. In the war with the Gorkhalis, the Doti kingdom was defeated and Doteli King fled to <a href="/wiki/Pilibhit" title="Pilibhit">Pilibhit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HistoryofNepal_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HistoryofNepal-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Khairgarh-Singhai_State">Khairgarh-Singhai State</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doti&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Khairgarh-Singhai State"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Raja Deep Shah of Surajbanshi clan was expelled from Nepal in 1790 A.D and on arriving to Terai of Oudh (now Lakhimpur Kheri District of Uttar Pradesh of India) he established Khairgarh-Singhai State in Khairigarh under British India.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kanchanpur Praganna (now the District of Kaillali and Kanchanpur of Nepal) was also the parts of his State or <i>Zamindari</i>. He succeeded in defeating the Banjaras rulers of Khairigarh and establishing himself not only in that Pargana but also in parts of Bhur </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doti&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Far-Western Development Region has <a href="/wiki/Karnali_Province" title="Karnali Province">Karnali province</a> to the east, <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> (<a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>) to the south, <a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand" title="Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a> (<a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>) to the west and the <a href="/wiki/Tibet" title="Tibet">Tibet Autonomous Region</a> (<a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a>) to the north. </p><p>The highest <a href="/wiki/Mountain" title="Mountain">mountain</a> in the region is the <a href="/wiki/Api_(mountain)" title="Api (mountain)">Api Peak</a>, with 7,132 m (23,399 ft) high; it is in the <a href="/wiki/Darchula_District" title="Darchula District">Darchula</a> <a href="/wiki/District" title="District">district</a>. Other high mountain is <a href="/wiki/Saipal" title="Saipal">Saipal</a>, 7,031 m (23,068 ft) high, in the <a href="/wiki/Bajhang_District" title="Bajhang District">Bajhang</a> district. </p><p>The most important rivers in the Far-Western Development Region are the <a href="/wiki/Seti_River" title="Seti River">Seti</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Mahakali_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahakali River">Mahakali</a> rivers; both rivers are <a href="/wiki/Tributary" title="Tributary">tributaries</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Ghaghara" title="Ghaghara">Karnali</a> river. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doti&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is the smallest Development Region of Nepal with an area of 19,539 km<sup>2</sup> (7,544 sq mi) and also with the lowest population with 2,552,517 people living there;<sup id="cite_ref-un_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-un-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> its population density is the second lowest of all the regions, with 130.6 persons/km<sup>2</sup>. Main ethnic group are <a href="/wiki/Khas_people" title="Khas people">Khas/</a><a href="/wiki/Chhetri" title="Chhetri">Chhetri</a> making total population of 76%. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Language_and_culture">Language and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doti&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Language and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The major local languages are <a href="/wiki/Dotiyali" class="mw-redirect" title="Dotiyali">Dotiyali</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kumaoni_language" title="Kumaoni language">Nepali</a> each spoken respectively by 273,000 and 788,000 people according to the 2011 census. </p><p>Inhabitants of two terai districts <a href="/wiki/Kailali_District" title="Kailali District">Kailali District</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kanchanpur_District" title="Kanchanpur District">Kanchanpur District</a> speak different languages. Rana-tharu and Dangaura-tharu speaks their own language. Language spoken by Rana-tharus and Dangaura-tharu speak various<a href="/wiki/Tharu_languages" title="Tharu languages">Tharu Languages</a>. </p><p>Traditional dance and songs <a href="/wiki/Chholiya" title="Chholiya">Chholiya</a>, Bhada, Jhora Chhapeli, Rung Culture of Rung people (Sauka), Baira song, <a href="/wiki/Deuda_song" class="mw-redirect" title="Deuda song">Deuda</a>, Chait and <a href="/wiki/Jagar_(ritual)" title="Jagar (ritual)">Jagar</a> are part of the culture. Jagar and Chait tales of bravery is most important culture in Doti since Katyuri period. Chait tales about bravery of Senapati Piri Bohara (Doti) is singing in Gaura Parva . <a href="/wiki/Jhusia_Damai" title="Jhusia Damai">Jhusia Damai</a> of Baskot of <a href="/wiki/Baitadi_District" title="Baitadi District">Baitadi District</a> was famous Jagar singer. The major festivals of Doti are mainly Gora (Gamra), Holi, Bishpati, <a href="/wiki/Harela" title="Harela">Harela</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raksha_Bandhan" title="Raksha Bandhan">Raksha Bandhan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dashain" title="Dashain">Dasain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Makar_Sankranti" title="Makar Sankranti">Makar Sankranti</a>, and others. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doti&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Doti_District" title="Doti District">Doti District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudurpashchim_Province" title="Sudurpashchim Province">Sudurpashchim Province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doteli" title="Doteli">Doteli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baitada" title="Baitada">Baitada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Far-Western_Development_Region,_Nepal" title="Far-Western Development Region, Nepal">Far-Western Development Region, Nepal</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doti&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>A New History of Uttarakhand Y. S. Kathoch</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030110215441/http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/ktmpost/1999/Nov/Nov20/local.htm#5">Dotiyali language</a></li> <li>Dotyali Dictionary by <i>R. Chattaut</i></li> <li>Stars of Seti by <i>Punya Nepal</i></li> <li>History of Karnali Zone by <i>R. Subedi</i></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.merapahad.com/forum/culture-of-uttarakhand/jagar-calling-of-god/?PHPSESSID=06538966f50a5037144486674763e371">Article</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged December 2016">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doti&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-un-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-un_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-un_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190107015829/https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_phc/Nepal/Nepal-Census-2011-Vol1.pdf">"National Population and Housing Census 2011"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Central Bureau of Statistics</i>. Kathmandu, Nepal. November 2012. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_PHC/Nepal/Nepal-Census-2011-Vol1.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(pdf)</span> on 7 January 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 October</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Central+Bureau+of+Statistics&rft.atitle=National+Population+and+Housing+Census+2011&rft.date=2012-11&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Funstats.un.org%2Funsd%2Fdemographic%2Fsources%2Fcensus%2F2010_PHC%2FNepal%2FNepal-Census-2011-Vol1.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADoti" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Prof.Dr. Jay Raj pant wrote "Far-Western region of Nepal is called Doti Culturally "  : In History of Doti Kingdom (2013)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">R.D Prabhas Chataut (2001) ; Dotyali Dictionary</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dr.Y.S Kathoch, A New History of Uttarakhand; On Katyuri Dynasty "Around,13th Century Katyuri Dynasty established in Ranachulihat was broken into many sections" Doti was among them</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Advin T. Atkinson; Gazetteer Hindi Edition (2003); He wrote (Page 274) Whole territory to the east of Ram gang was belongs to Raikas during the late 16th century.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dr. Madam Chandra Bhatt; A New History of Uttarakhand (2006): " Champawat ke Chand Raja.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dr. Y.S Kathoch; A New History of Uttarakhand(2006).Founder of Doti was Niranjan Mall Dev..</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Badri_Datt_Pandey" title="Badri Datt Pandey">Badri Datt Pandey</a> ; History of Kumaun (1937)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">..Sources of these historical evidence are taken from the books mentioned in the references.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Prof. Maheshwor Prasad Joshi; "The Raikas of Kumaon and Western Nepal : The apigraphical survey", JOURNAL OF INDOLOGICAL STUDY, Haryana Sahitya Academy (1998);.page 68..Nirai Pal of Askot had captured Sira because of political vacuum in Sira...</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Advin T. Atkinson ; Himalayan Gazetteer; ( Translated by Ramesh Thapaliyal ) Hindi Edition (2003) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/8190100130" title="Special:BookSources/8190100130">8190100130</a>;..Page 267..An old stone has found on the hills of Almora in which name Niraipal and 1348 written.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ram_Singh_2006-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ram_Singh_2006_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ram_Singh_2006_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Dr. Ram Singh; A New History of Uttarakhand(2006).Mall Raikas of Sira..</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Advin T. Atkinson ; Himalayan Gazetteer; ( Translated by Ramesh Thapaliyal ) Hindi Edition (2003) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/8190100130" title="Special:BookSources/8190100130">8190100130</a>;..Page 285..Rudra Chand had captured whole territory east of kaliriver in 1581 along with Sira..</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Advin T Atkinson ; Himalayan Gazetteer Hindi Edition translated by Ramesh Thapaliyal (2003);<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/8190100130" title="Special:BookSources/8190100130">8190100130</a>;..Ousted King of Doti Prithivipati Shah offered his help in war with Nepal which seemed very significant</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HistoryofNepal-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HistoryofNepal_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050209191916/http://www.indus-intl.com/bookdetails.cfm?bookid=IN-02404">"History of Nepal"</a>. T.R.Vaidya Publications. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.indus-intl.com/bookdetails.cfm?bookid=IN-02404">the original</a> on 2005-02-09<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-01-31</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=History+of+Nepal&rft.pub=T.R.Vaidya+Publications&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indus-intl.com%2Fbookdetails.cfm%3Fbookid%3DIN-02404&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADoti" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/k/khairigarh">http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/k/khairigarh</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged September 2018">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup>.</span> </li> 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Uttarakhand" title="History of Uttarakhand">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ancient<br />kingdoms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uttarakuru" title="Uttarakuru">Uttarakuru kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pauravas" title="Pauravas">Paurava kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khasas" title="Khasas">Khasa Janapada kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himalaya_kingdom" title="Himalaya kingdom">Himalaya kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parvata_kingdom" title="Parvata kingdom">Parvata kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirata_kingdom" title="Kirata kingdom">Kirata kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanda_Empire" title="Nanda Empire">Nanda Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurya_Empire" title="Maurya Empire">Maurya Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kushan_Empire" title="Kushan Empire">Kushan Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuninda_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuninda Kingdom">Kuninda Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gupta_Empire" title="Gupta Empire">Gupta Empire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Medieval<br />kingdoms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Garhwal_Kingdom" title="Garhwal Kingdom">Garhwal Kingdom</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Garhwal_Kingdom#Rulers_of_Garhwal" title="Garhwal Kingdom">Panwar dynasty</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kumaon" title="Kingdom of Kumaon">Kingdom of Kumaon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Katyuri_kings" class="mw-redirect" title="Katyuri kings">Katyuri dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chand_kings" class="mw-redirect" title="Chand kings">Chand dynasty</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khasa_Kingdom" title="Khasa Kingdom">Khasa Kingdom</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Raika Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorkha_Kingdom" title="Gorkha Kingdom">Gorkha Kingdom</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shah_dynasty" title="Shah dynasty">Shah dynasty</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Nepalese_War" title="Anglo-Nepalese War">Anglo-Nepalese War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Sugauli" title="Treaty of Sugauli">Treaty of Sugauli</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Colonial<br />Uttarakhand</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Company_rule_in_India" title="Company rule in India">Company<br />rule</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ceded_and_Conquered_Provinces" title="Ceded and Conquered Provinces">Ceded and Conquered Provinces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North-Western_Provinces" title="North-Western Provinces">North-Western Provinces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agra_Presidency" title="Agra Presidency">Agra Presidency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">Crown<br />rule</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Provinces_of_Agra_and_Oudh" title="United Provinces of Agra and Oudh">United Provinces of Agra and Oudh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Provinces_of_Agra_and_Oudh" title="United Provinces of Agra and Oudh">United Provinces of Agra and Oudh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Provinces_(1937%E2%80%931950)" title="United Provinces (1937–1950)">United Provinces</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Contemporary<br />Uttarakhand</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rampur_Tiraha_firing_case" title="Rampur Tiraha firing case">Rampur Tiraha firing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh_Reorganisation_Act,_2000" title="Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000">Bifurcation of Uttar Pradesh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Uttarakhand" title="Geography of Uttarakhand">Geography<br />and<br />ecology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Geological<br />features</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mountains</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Himalayas" title="Great Himalayas">Great Himalayas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garhwal_Himalayas" title="Garhwal Himalayas">Garhwal Himalayas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivalik_Hills" title="Sivalik Hills">Sivalik Hills</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Highlands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Himalayan_alpine_shrub_and_meadows" title="Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows">Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Himalayan_subalpine_conifer_forests" title="Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests">Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himalayan_subtropical_pine_forests" title="Himalayan subtropical pine forests">Himalayan subtropical pine forests</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lowlands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Himalayan_broadleaf_forests" title="Western Himalayan broadleaf forests">Western Himalayan broadleaf forests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himalayan_subtropical_broadleaf_forests" title="Himalayan subtropical broadleaf forests">Himalayan subtropical broadleaf forests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terai%E2%80%93Duar_savanna_and_grasslands" title="Terai–Duar savanna and grasslands">Terai–Duar savanna and grasslands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Gangetic_Plains_moist_deciduous_forests" title="Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests">Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Demographics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" 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title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Spoken</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Indo-Aryan_languages" title="Indo-Aryan languages">Indo-Aryan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Garhwali_language" title="Garhwali language">Garhwali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumaoni_language" title="Kumaoni language">Kumaoni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaunsari_language" title="Jaunsari language">Jaunsari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangani" title="Bangani">Bangani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buksa_language" title="Buksa language">Buksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tharu_languages" title="Tharu languages">Tharu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tibeto-Burman_languages" title="Tibeto-Burman languages">Tibeto-Burman</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rongpo_language" title="Rongpo language">Rongpo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byangsi_language" title="Byangsi language">Byangsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaudangsi_language" title="Chaudangsi language">Chaudangsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darmiya_language" title="Darmiya language">Darmiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raji_language" title="Raji language">Raji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rawat_language" title="Rawat language">Rawat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jad_language" title="Jad language">Jad</a></li></ul> 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title="List of urban local bodies in Uttarakhand">Urban Local Bodies</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipal_corporations_in_Uttarakhand" title="List of municipal corporations in Uttarakhand">Municipal Corporations</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rural</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_parganas_of_Uttarakhand" title="List of parganas of Uttarakhand">Parganas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_community_development_blocks_of_Uttarakhand" title="List of community development blocks of Uttarakhand">Community Development Blocks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Politics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coolie-Begar_movement" title="Coolie-Begar movement">Coolie-Begar movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand_movement" title="Uttarakhand movement">Statehood movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chipko_movement" title="Chipko movement">Chipko movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Uttarakhand_political_crisis" title="2016 Uttarakhand political crisis">2016 political crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Uttarakhand" title="Elections in Uttarakhand">Elections</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_elections_in_Uttarakhand" title="Local elections in Uttarakhand">Local elections</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_constituencies_of_the_Uttarakhand_Legislative_Assembly" title="List of constituencies of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly">Assembly constituencies</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_constituencies_of_the_Uttarakhand_Legislative_Assembly" title="List of former constituencies of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly">Former 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Hindu temples in Uttarakhand">Temples</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tourist_attractions_in_Dehradun" title="List of tourist attractions in Dehradun">Tourist attractions in Dehradun</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chota_Char_Dham" title="Chota Char Dham">Chardham<br />circuit</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gangotri" title="Gangotri">Gangotri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamunotri" title="Yamunotri">Yamunotri</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yamunotri_Temple" title="Yamunotri Temple">Yamunotri Temple</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badrinath" title="Badrinath">Badrinath</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Badrinath_Temple" title="Badrinath Temple">Badrinath Temple</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kedarnath" title="Kedarnath">Kedarnath</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kedarnath_Temple" title="Kedarnath Temple">Kedarnath Temple</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sapta_Badri" title="Sapta Badri">Sapta Badri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panch_Kedar" title="Panch Kedar">Panch Kedar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panch_Prayag" title="Panch Prayag">Panch Prayag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gomukh" title="Gomukh">Gomukh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_India" title="List of national parks of India">National<br />parks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gangotri_National_Park" title="Gangotri National Park">Gangotri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govind_Pashu_Vihar_National_Park" title="Govind Pashu Vihar National Park">Govind Pashu Vihar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Corbett_National_Park" title="Jim Corbett National Park">Jim Corbett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanda_Devi_National_Park" 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