A guest house of Aligarh Muslim University in Ranikhet. I was very surprised to see a beautiful building that got renovated recently due to the efforts of Prof. Anil Joshi and belongs to AMU. It was lying in shambles and Anil Joshi had written to the VC of AMU and it is renovated. During the period following partition many riots were taking place in the country. Lt. Gen. Zamiruddin Shah was the VC of Aligarh Muslim University. At this time in 1948 the Kumaon Regiment camped inside AMU for two years to control these riots in Eta, Bulandhahar etc. Thete is a connection between Hyderabad and the Kumaon regiment historically. It was Salabat Khan that commanded The Nizam's Regiment. It was this regiment that got converted into the Kumaon Regiment after independence. The The Kumaon regiment then moved to Kashmir and finally the Kumaon Regiment Centre came up in Ranikhet. Major Somnath Sharma, India’s First Param Vir Chakra , was of Kumaon Regiment. This land was then given to AMU and a guest house was made here. Prof. Anil told me that Prof. Mohammad Habib and Irfan Habib have often stayed in this guest house. There is a chowkidar who is paid his salary by AMU and he maintains the place.
