British Army Surrounding Almora City

History British Campaign for Capturing Kumaon -32

Nepal Rule over Kumaun, Garhwal and Himachal (1790-1815) -245

            History of Uttarakhand (Garhwal, Kumaon and Haridwar) -773          

                                                           

                                         By: Bhishma Kukreti (A History Student)

                                 Cooperation from Kumaonis

                           Kumaonis started cooperating with British before the war began. Kumaon people were ready to help British by all means for freeing them from Gurkha/Nepalese rule. Harsh Dev Joshi helped British in getting Kumaonis cooperation. Kumaonis became road guides for British army. British army paid attention in luring Kumaoni Brahmins as they were influential in getting support from the people.

  When British army reached to Katarmal and Nepalese soldiers ran away from Kumpur, By March 1815, 300  Kumaoni soldiers left from Nepalese army and returned to their respective villages.

  Bamshah had around 1000 Nepalese soldiers for defending Almora city

              British army Surrounding Almora City                                                  

              By capturing Katarmal, W.L Gardner cut the west Almora communication line of Nepalese army.  Gardner surrounded Almora city and waited for regular Army led by Nicolas reached to Almora. Nearby Kumaonis from villages started helping British army with enthusiasm. Spy and ex soldiers reported that there was shortage of food in Nepalese army camp in Almora. Bam Shah ordered non army personnel for vacating Almora city.

  Governor General appreciated the deeds of Lieutenant Colonel Gardner.

From writings of B D Pande, Atkinson, Preamble, Sanwal, Saxsena,  Fraser etc) 

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti Mumbai, India, bckukreti@gmail.com 13/4/2016

History of Garhwal – Kumaon-Haridwar (Uttarakhand, India) to be continued… Part -774

*** 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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