Almora, a town of X. India, capital of the British district of Kumaon, Northwestern Provinces, situated among the Himalayas, 5,337 feet above the sea level, 90 m. N. by E. of Bareilly. It is built along a mountain ridge, in the midst of a barren and desolate region, and approached by a single long, zigzag road. It was captured by the Gorkhas in 1790, and held till 1815, when the town was attacked and stormed on the 25th of April by the British forces under Col. Nicholls, after which the district was annexed to the British territory.