The Grand Hotel

The Grand Hotel was built in 1872 by an Englishman, Mr Tom Murray, at a time when Nainital itself was still deciding whether it wished to be picturesque, proper, or faintly scandalous.On 7 October 1933, our great-grandfather Mr Badri Dutt Pande purchased the hotel from Mr Ian Fitzgerald Campbell for the princely sum of Rs 60,000. It was meant to be a sensible investment. Solid. Dependable · Nainital, Uttarakhand