History of King Pradyuman Shah Loosing Kumaon Kingdom

History of Last United Garhwal King Pradyuman Shah part-2

History of Garhwal including Haridwar (1223- 1804 AD) –part -176    

   History of Uttarakhand (Garhwal, Kumaon and Haridwar) -423

                       By: Bhishma Kukreti (A History Research Student)

                 Opposition of Harsh Dev in Kumaon

           Harsh Dev returned to Kumaon in 1785, after ascending Pradyuman Shah as Garhwal King in Shrinagar.

          The supporter of Harsh Dev Joshi the cunning but very sophisticated person Jaya Nand Joshi died. The administrators, elites and important personalities of Kumaon were well aware of cruelty, cunningness, selfishness of Harsh Dev.  There was sharp increase in opponents of Harsh Devi Joshi in Kumaon. They were fed up from continuous conspired acts of Joshi.

               Mohan Chand Attacking on Kumaon

          Mohan Chand was spending his time in exile. When Mohan Chand came to know about opposition of Joshi in Almora, Mohan Chand attacked on Kumaon with his brother Lal Singh and Kashipur Deewan. 

        Coming to know about attack by Mohan Chand, Pradyuman Shah reached Naithana Garh with his army to fight back with Mohan Chand. Pradyuman Shah asked his sopporters to come to Naithana Garh.

            Parakram Supporting to Mohan Chand

    Younger brother of Pradyuman Shah helped Mohan Chand and sent his army to help Mohan Chand.

                 Paligaon Battle

               There was battle between Mohan Chand army and Pradyuman army at Paligaon (Patti Tala Daura). Many soldiers of Kumaon did not support to Pradyuman as he was perceive that he was Kumaon King but by heart he was Garhwali.

           Mohan Chand won the battle of Paligaon. Pradyuman and Harsh Dev Joshi returned to Shrinagar.

         Treaty between Mohan Chand and Parakram

          Mohan Chand got back his Kingdom. Parakram and Mohan Chand had treaty. They decided that Parakram would be King of Garhwal and Mohan Chand would rule on Kumaon. Parakram insisted that since his army and Mohan Chand army defeated Garhwal or Pradyuman Army, now he was real King of Garhwal.

                Groups in Garhwal Kingdom

       Parakram declared him as Garhwal King. Parakram sent order to Garhwal administrators that they should obey his order and not of Pradyuman Shah.

            Now, there were two major groups of administrators in Shrinagar – supporters of Pradyuman and supporters of Parakram. The supporters of Pradyuman were called ‘Raj-Mantri’ and supporters of Parakram were called as ‘Kunwar Mantri’.

 The administration was in turmoil. Both the groups were ready for last war. Both groups started appointing soldiers for their sides.   There was always the situation of civil war in Shrinagar or whole of Garhwal.

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti Mumbai, India, bckukreti@gmail.com7/9/2014

History of Garhwal – Kumaon-Haridwar (Uttarakhand, India) to be continued… Part -424

(The History of Garhwal, Kumaon, Haridwar write up is aimed for general readers)

History of Garhwal from 1223-1804 to be continued in next chapter ….

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Notes on South Asian Modern Period  History of Garhwal;  South Asian Modern Period   History of Pauri Garhwal; South Asian  Modern Period  History of Chamoli Garhwal;  South Asian Modern Period   History of Rudraprayag Garhwal;  South Asian Modern  History of Tehri Garhwal; Modern  History of Uttarkashi Garhwal;  South Asian Modern Period  History of Dehradun, Garhwal;  Modern  History of Haridwar ;  South Asian Modern Period   History of Manglaur, Haridwar;  South Asian Modern Period   History of Rurkee Haridwar ;  South Asian Modern Period   History of Bahadarpur Haridwar ; South Asian Modern Period  History of Haridwar district to be continued

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History of King Pradyuman Shah Loosing Kumaon Kingdom; History of King Pradyuman Shah Loosing Kumaon Kingdom in context Kumaon History; History of King Pradyuman Shah Loosing Kumaon Kingdom in context Garhwal History; History of King Pradyuman Shah Loosing Kumaon Kingdom in context Haridwar History; History of King Mohan Chand getting back Kumaon Kingdom in context Kumaon History; History of King Mohan Chand getting back  Kumaon Kingdom in context Garhwal History