Q. When was the Kumaon Regiment officially formed in Uttarakhand?
Answer: 1945
Notes: The Kumaon Regiment was redesignated as the 19th Kumaon Regiment on 27 October 1945. It originated earlier but officially took this form in 1945. The regimental training centre was later established in Ranikhet in 1948. Initial battalions of Kumaoni troops were raised in 1917, and the first related troops were raised in 1813 for the Nizam of Hyderabad.