Prince Sudarshan Shah Contacting British Officials

 Whereabouts of Sudarshan Shah during Gurkha/Gorkha Rule -5

             Anglo Nepalese War with   Reference to Gurkha Rule over Uttarakhand & Himachal -40

History of Gorkha /Nepal Rule over Kumaun, Garhwal and Himachal (1790-1815) -160   

             History of Uttarakhand (Garhwal, Kumaon and Haridwar) -682

                          By: Bhishma Kukreti (A History Student)

               Harsh Dev Joshi and Sudarshan Shah were convinced that British Power is the only Power in India that could free Kumaon and Garhwal from Gurkha rule. Both were hopeful that after win, British would offer Jagir to Sudarshan Shah in Garhwal and Harsh Dev Joshi in Kumaon.  Therefore, both were always eager for finding opportunity for telling the heart breaking stories and experiences of Garhwalis and Kumaunis to the British officials.

           They both together used to meet British officials and alone too.  There are list of 286 British officers in the records of Tehri Archivist those met Sudarshan Shah during 1804- 1815. Baring a few instances, there is no mention of date and place where Sudarshan Shah meeting British Officials. Sudarshan Shah used to ask the name of British Officials from the servants or gatekeepers. The names are so weird that it is difficult to find the real names.

 Sudarshan Shah met British Officials at following places-

Kankhal, Haridwar and Hunting forests

Saharanpur

Kashipur

 Moradabad

Barely

Kanpur

Fatehgarh

Delhi

At other places where British Officers came as tourists as Lord Lake and John Adam

The Archivist register states that Sudarshan Shah also had communication with Hastings through letters.

                  Sudarshan Shah Contacting British officials from 1804- 1808

Sudarshan Shah met following British officers –

Civil Surgeon in Saharanpur

Low cadre Judge at Saharanpur

Wife of Judge at Saharanpur

Collector at Saharanpur

Another Collector at Saharanpur

North division Judge Wilkinson at Saharanpur

Bely at Saharanpur

A Christian at Saharanpur

 Sudarshan Shah got only empty assurances from those officials. However, Sudarshan Sh got real help or assurance from officials of Kashipur, Barely, Moradabad.

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti Mumbai, India, bckukreti@gmail.com 1/8/2015

History of Garhwal – Kumaon-Haridwar (Uttarakhand, India) to be continued… Part -683

*** 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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