Income/ Revenue Generation by Gurkha Rulers in Garhwal and Kumaon

 Economical Administration of Garhwal, Kumaon in Gurkha Rule -1

History Discussion on Gurkha/Gorkha Administration in Garhwal - 50

History of Gorkha /Nepal Rule over Kumaun, Garhwal and Himachal (1790-1815) -113    

   History of Uttarakhand (Garhwal, Kumaon and Haridwar) -634

                          By: Bhishma Kukreti (A History Student)

   Nepal government fixed the income source for paying salaries to its employees in Garhwal and Kumaon.  Each employee was a solider or army man. Gurkha kept three battalions in Garhwal. Each battalion consisted of five Companies. Each company used to get Rs 8672 annual salary. The annual salary of company Commander was Rs. 5005.

Total Annual salaries of 15 companies- Rs 1,30,080

Total Annual Salaries of 3 Commanders – 15, 015

Total annual expenditure of armed force- Rs 145,095

 Barring Gunth of Temples and other Sadabrat, the balance land was offered as Jadad (property) to the soldiers.

 Gurkha administrators did not pay salaries to Kamin and Sayans. They used to collect tax from villagers. The soldiers and other employees used to collect tax for various expenses of Gurkha administration. The annual tax was around Rs 1,50,000 from Garhwal 

** Most of references and details were taken from Dr Dabral

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti Mumbai, India, bckukreti@gmail.com13/5//2015

History of Garhwal – Kumaon-Haridwar (Uttarakhand, India) to be continued… Part -635

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

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

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