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Metropole Hotel (Nainital)
Metropole Hotel is a defunct heritage hotel located in Nainital, Uttarakhand. Built in 1880 by the British Raj, it is the oldest hotel in the city. It is best known for its Nainital-pattern-roofing, a type that uses flat non-corrugated, galvanized tin plates. History Metropole Hotel was built in 1880 by the British Raj. Spread over 10-11 acres close to the Nainital Lake, it was the preferred haunt for the who's who at the time. It soon became popular for its flat non-corrugated, galvanized tin-roof and soon the British decided to replicate it across the country. The roofing design came to be known as the 'Nainital-pattern-roofing'. It is known that former Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah spent his honeymoon in the hotel in April 1919. Hungarian painter Elizabeth Sass-Brunner is said to have created the 'Last Winter' inspired by the hotel's surroundings while she was one of its guests. The hotel was later owned by Mohammad Amir Ahmed Khan, the raja of Mahmudabad, India, Mah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nainital, Uttarakhand
Nainital ( Kumaoni: ''Naintāl''; ) is a city and headquarters of Nainital district of Kumaon division, Uttarakhand, India. It is the judicial capital of Uttarakhand, the High Court of the state being located there and is the headquarters of an eponymous district. It also houses the Governor of Uttarakhand, who resides in the Raj Bhavan. Nainital was the summer capital of the United Provinces. Nainital is located in the Kumaon foothills of the Jagbeer Himalayas at a distance of from the state capital Dehradun and from New Delhi, the capital of India. Situated at an altitude of above sea level, the city is set in a valley containing an eye-shaped lake, approximately two miles in circumference, and surrounded by mountains, of which the highest are Naina Peak () on the north, Deopatha () on the west, and Ayarpatha () on the south. From the tops of the higher peaks, "magnificent views can be obtained of the vast plain to the south, or of the mass of tangled ridges lying no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
