King Designated Sudarshan Shah Meeting Hearsay

Whereabouts of King Designated Sudarshan Shah during Gurkha/Gorkha Rule -10

             Anglo Nepalese War with   Reference to Gurkha Rule over Uttarakhand & Himachal -45

History of Gorkha /Nepal Rule over Kumaun, Garhwal and Himachal (1790-1815) -164   

             History of Uttarakhand (Garhwal, Kumaon and Haridwar) -687

                          By: Bhishma Kukreti (A History Student)

                    King Designated Sudarshan Shah met captain Hearsay at Anjanighat near Kankhal with Harsha Dev Joshi in 1811. Sudarshan Shah briefed Hearsay about repression of Gurkha in Kumaun, Garhwal and Himachal. Hearsay had been to Kumaon and Garhwal for two three times. Hearsay was anxious to dispatch Gurkhas from Kumaon, Garhwal. Hearsay heard Harshdev and Sudarshan Shah patiently.

        Sudarshan Shah showed papers (orders) of Emperor Aurangzeb given to late Garhwal King about the Jagir of Chandighat region and Dehradun. In fact, British had already appointed Hearsay as Jagirdar (Chieftain) of Chandighat.

                 Hearsay was habitual of buying weird materials and letters. Hearsay bought those orders from Sudarshan. Hearsay offered Sudarshan Shah some cash, food articles and 1000 Kacha Beegha land of Hara. Hearsay advised the both to come to Barely.  

                   Hara Land

 Hara is not Harrawala near Doiwala as the Jagir of Hearsay was in Chandi Pargana of Haridwar east of Ganga. Hearsay was also Jagirdar of a land near Barely. According to Hearsay Hara was the ruin of big brick fort. Hearsay supposed that Hara Fort was built by Suleman Shikoh. It was aid that Garhwal King kept Suleman Shikoh in Hara Fort and handed over here to Aurangzeb. Aurangzeb offered land of Chandighat and Dehradun to Garhwal in award for handing over Suleman by Garhwal King. However, the sayings of Hearsay do not fit with historical aspects as Suleman Shikoh was captured in Shrinagar by King Medanishah.

 There is aplace called Khara near Kankhal. The land is plain. Perhaps Sudarshan Shah used the land for agriculture to look after his family. There are ruins of Fort in Khara region.  In later stage Sudarshan Shah offered some area to his fellow Kriparam (Mmayram). Later on Forest department took land from Mayaram. Dr Dabral suggested that Khara and Hara are two names for one place. Most probably Hearsay offred that land to Sudarshan Shah and later on Sudarshan Shah handed over the land to his Panda Kriparam.

*English Mutiny Records Kumaon, Political Papers received Series- 1

*8saksena, Historical Paper related to Kumaon  

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti Mumbai, India, bckukreti@gmail.com 9/8/2015

History of Garhwal – Kumaon-Haridwar (Uttarakhand, India) to be continued… Part -688

*** 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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