Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: A farkon karni na 18, yawancin wannan yanki ya kasance a cikin yankin Fateh Shah, Raja na Garhwal. Dilip Sah, Upendra Sah da Pradeep Sah sun bi shi sama da rabin karni. A farkon 1803 wata mummunar girgizar kasa ta faru a duk Garhwal wanda ya lalata gidaje da yawa kuma ya kashe mutane da dabbobi da yawa. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan wannan shugabannin Gorkha Amar Singh Thapa, Hastidal Chutariya da wasu sun mamaye Garhwal tare da sojoji masu yawa da ke da kayan aiki. An nada Amar Singh Thapa a matsayin Gwamnan yankin. Gorkhas sun ci nasara da sojojin Burtaniya a cikin
Yaƙin Anglo-Nepal na 1814, kuma an ba da Gairsain tare da wasu sassan Kumaon da Garhwal ga Birtaniyya a cikin Yarjejeniyar Sugauli. A cikin 1839 gundumar Garhwal ta wanzu bayan an raba ta da gundumar Kumaon. A cikin 1919, wannan yanki ya zama sananne a matsayin cibiyar ayyukan siyasa a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Anusuya Prasad Bahuguna, jagora wanda ya gudanar da tarurruka na jama'a game da tsarin coolie-begar. A cikin 1930 an yi motsi na rashin biyayya na farar hula don ƙaddamar da Satyagraha na mutum da Gwamnatin Burtaniya. A cikin 1947 yankin tare da sauran ƙasar sun sami 'yanci daga mulkin Burtaniya lokacin da ya kasance wani ɓangare na gundumar Garhwal ta Burtaniya wanda kuma ake kira Pauri Garhwal.