History Analysis for Gurkha/Gorkha Sayings Tales about Gurkha/Gorkha Rule in Garhwal

History Analysis for Gurkha/Gorkha Sayings Tales about Gurkha/Gorkha Rule in Garhwal

History: Gorkha Folk Tales and Sayings, Reports about Gurkha/Gorkha Rule in Kumaon, Garhwal, Himachal -2

History of Gorkha /Nepal Rule over Kumaun, Garhwal and Himachal (1790-1815) -62

  

   History of Uttarakhand (Garhwal, Kumaon and Haridwar) -581

                        By: Bhishma Kukreti (A History Research Student)

                 Gurkha/Gorkha Sayings Tales about Gurkha/Gorkha Rule in Garhwal

       Gurkha/Gorkha Historian Ramji Upadhyaya stated that Gurkha/Gorkha captured Langurgarhi, Pauri Garhwal after capturing. It is said that the Garhwal King Pradyuman Shah with his friend Jagat Prakash of Sirmaur was defeated by Gurkha /Gorkha army. They both fled away. Sirmaur King accepted the rule of Gurkha and Gorkha. There was Gorkha /Gurkha rule in Garhwal just after Langurgarh battle. As per Upadhyaya, there was Gurkha/Gorkha rule in Kumaon, Garhwal, and Haridwar in 1792. On that time Gurkha/Gorkha army had to return Nepal as China attacked on Nepal (Atkinson).

Discussion on Gurkha/Gorkha Sayings Tales about Gurkha/Gorkha Rule in Garhwal

      According to Nepal saying, Gurkha captured Garhwal in 1792 and the army crossed Alaknanda River. It was said that Sirmaur King Kirti Prakash (father of Jagat Prakash) went to help Garhwal and he was not given sufficient supply of food etc from Garhwal side. Kirti Prakash died in 1789.

 Both the stories are wrong as there are no records in Garhwal. Sirmaur King Jagat Prakash  helped Garhwal King Jai Kirti Shah in 1785.Perhaps Jagat Prakash came to Langurgarh in 1792,and while returning to Sirmaur he died in Lakadghat (12 miles near to Chandighat). Therefore Jagat Prakash death can’t be before 1792. There are no records for Jagat Prakash accepting Gurkha/Gorkha Rule. According to Garhwal saying, Jagat Prakash deceived Garhwal and had accord with Gorkha around Langurgarh (a Handwritten note ‘Rajawali ‘ of Tehri Court  Museum along with papers of Historian Hari Krishna Raturi as described by Dr Dabral) . According to “Rajawali’, Jagat Prakash and his assistant Ishwar Singh died in Lakadgarh.     

@@ Ram Ji Upadhyaya, Nepal Ko Itihas (Digdarshan) Banaras

*** History of Gorkha /Nepal Rule over Kumaun, Garhwal and Himachal (1790-1815) to be continued -63

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti Mumbai, India, bckukreti@gmail.com14/3//2015

History of Garhwal – Kumaon-Haridwar (Uttarakhand, India) to be continued… Part -582

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

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