Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah Punishing and Murdering Jaisi Brahmins

History of Gorkha /Nepal Rule over Kumaun, Garhwal and Himachal (1790-1815) -8

  

   History of Uttarakhand (Garhwal, Kumaon and Haridwar) -527

                        By: Bhishma Kukreti (A History Research Student)

             After winning Nuwakot, Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah planned to win over Kathmandu.  Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah did not attack directly on Kathmandu. Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah took diplomatic uses to disturb Kathmandu. Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah created rifts between Kathmandu King Jay Prakash Mall and his officers. Jay Prakash Mall sentenced death penalty for his many officers without finding the realities. After knowing the facts, Jay Prakash Mall decided to capture the son of Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah in Nuwakot through Jaisi Brahmins. Knowing the conspiracy of Jaisi Brahmins, Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah sentenced death penalty for Jaisi Brahmins.  

       Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah also deprived Jaisi Brahmins from Brahminship. From that time, Jaisi Brahmins did not perform the job of Purohitai. People stopped Saluting (Pay Lagun) Jaisi communities as was the custom for saluting to Brahmins. King did not us to sentence death punishment to Brahmin. However, now Jaisi Brahmins were sentenced death as punishment too.  

Read more about Prithvi Narayan Shah in next chapter….

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti Mumbai, India, bckukreti@gmail.com2/1/2015

History of Garhwal – Kumaon-Haridwar (Uttarakhand, India) to be continued… Part -528

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

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History of Gorkha Rule over Garhwal, Uttarakhand; Gorkha Rule over Kumaon, Uttarakhand; Gorkha Rule over Himachal Pradesh; History of Gorkha Rule over Dehradun Garhwal, Uttarakhand; Gorkha Rule over Udham Singh Nagar Kumaon, Uttarakhand; Gorkha Rule over Himachal Pradesh; History of Gorkha Rule over Uttarkashi Garhwal, Uttarakhand; Gorkha Rule over Nainital, Kumaon, Uttarakhand; Gorkha Rule over Himachal Pradesh; History of Gorkha Rule over Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand; Gorkha Rule over Almora, Kumaon, Uttarakhand; Gorkha Rule over Himachal Pradesh; History of Gorkha Rule over Rudraprayag Garhwal, Uttarakhand;  Gorkha Rule over Bageshwar Kumaon, Uttarakhand; Gorkha Rule over Himachal Pradesh; History of Gorkha Rule over Chamoli Garhwal, Uttarakhand; Gorkha Rule over Champawat, Kumaon, Uttarakhand; Gorkha Rule over Himachal Pradesh; History of Gorkha Rule over Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand; Gorkha Rule over Pithoragarh Kumaon, Uttarakhand; Gorkha Rule over Himachal Pradesh;