Secret Nainital -The Jewel of Jewels in the Crown The author standing in front of Raj Bhavan, Nainital Here is a piece of the secret history of Nainital that is known only to a few Nainital insiders and is probably not published elsewhere ( except some of it in my novel - Nude besides the Lake ). During the British Colonial period, as the British Empire grew and expanded across the world, other European powers, especially Germany looked on with Jealousy at the increasing clout and prosperity of Great Britain and Ireland. Germany could never hope to duplicate the performance but there was something else it could do. It could win a war with Great Britain in Europe and thereby also become the ruler of the vast British Empire spread across the world. They felt they had a special right to it, especially since the British Royal family was of German origin beginning with Queen Victoria. Thus began secret plans and preparations in Germany for such a takeover but as with many...
Welcome to spiritual Himalayas and one of the most beautiful of its districts - Nainital