British Planning for Attack on Doti

Gurkha/Nepalese defeating Hearsay   -3

                                                                

                 History British Campaign for Capturing Kumaon -35

Nepal Rule over Kumaun, Garhwal and Himachal (1790-1815) -248

            History of Uttarakhand (Garhwal, Kumaon and Haridwar) -776          

                                                           

                          By: Bhishma Kukreti (A History Student)

             Hearsay could win only when there was sure defense for Kali valley. Hearsay came to know that there were 700 soldiers with Nepal resident Hastidal in Doti (now Nepal). Chief assistant of Nepal Resident Hastidal was Vikram Shah - a family member of ex-Doti King. Vikram Shah became Jagir owner of Nepal government. Vikram Shah also got Jagor of a couple of villages in Tarai. When Tarai came under British, Vikram Shah became Jagirdar of British in Tarai. Hearsay guessed that Hastidal with 500 soldiers could come to Kumaun and leaving 200 soldiers with Vikram Shah. Hearsay declared through British that if Vikram Shah oppose British his Jagir in Tarai would be dismissed. Hearsay declared to Tharu people of Tarai that they should not pay tax to Vikram Shah.

  Hearsay pulled attention of British that British did not have soldiers in Bareli district. Hearsay got permission for appointing irregular force. Hearsay appointed a Rohila sardar Amankhan as leader of 200 irregular Rohila soldiers. Before, 1803, Gurkha captured Jagir of a small King (Under Nabab). That king appointed Amankhan for recapturing his Jagir from Gurkha. Hearsay thought that Amankhan was best choice for attacking on Doti. Hearsay paid Rs 200 to Amankhan as advance and instructed Amankhan for attacking on Doti. The idea was to engage Hastidal in Doti.

   However, in past British appointed 500 Rohila irregular soldiers under Prithvipati Shah the ex King of Doti. Hearsaya advised British commander that PrithviPati Shah should attack on Doti with Aman Khan. However, British commander did not send Prithvipati Shah for Doti campaign.

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

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti Mumbai, India, bckukreti@gmail.com 19/4/2016

History of Garhwal – Kumaon-Haridwar (Uttarakhand, India) to be continued… Part -777

*** 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)

XX                    Reference           

                 

Atkinson E.T., 1884, 1886, Gazetteer of Himalayan Districts …

Hamilton F.B. 1819, An Account of Kingdom of Nepal and the territories

Colnol Kirkpatrik 1811, An Account of Kingdom of Nepal

Dr S.P Dabral, Uttarakhand ka Itihas part 5, Veer Gatha Press, Dogadda

Bandana Rai, 2009 Gorkhas,: The Warrior Race

Krishna Rai Aryal, 1975, Monarchy in Making Nepal, Shanti Sadan, Giridhara, Nepal

I.R.Aryan and T.P. Dhungyal, 1975, A New History of Nepal , Voice of Nepal

L.K Pradhan, Thapa Politics:

Gorkhavansavali, Kashi, Bikram Samvat 2021 

Derek J. Waller, The Pundits: British Exploration of Tibet and Central Asia page 172-173

B. D. Pande, Kumaon ka Itihas

Balchandra Sharma, Nepal ko Aitihasik Rup Rekha

Chaudhari , Anglo  –Nepalese Relations

Pande, Vasudha , Compares Histriographical Traditions of Gorkha Rule in Nepal and Kumaon

Pradhan , Kumar, 1991, The Gorkha Conquests , Oxford University  Press

Minyan Govrdhan Singh , History of Himachal Pradesh

A.P Coleman, 1999, A Special Corps

Captain Thomas Smith, 1852,Narrative of a Five Years Residence at Nepal Vol.1

Maula Ram/Mola Ram  , Ranbahadurchandrika and Garhrajvanshkavya

J B Fraser , Asiatic Research

Shyam Ganguli, Doon Rediscovered

Minyan Prem Singh, Guldast Tabarikh Koh Tihri Garhwal

Patiram Garhwal , Ancient and Modern

Tara Datt Gairola, Parvtiy Sanskriti

John Premble, Invasion of Nepal

Chitranjan Nepali, Bhimsen Thapa aur Tatkalin Nepal

Sanwal, Nepal and East India Company

Nagendra kr Singh, Refugee to Ruler

Saxena, Historical papers related to Kumaon

Paper Respecting Nepal War by East India Company (papers in Stock)

Basu, Rise of Christian Power in India)

Moti Lal Ghosh, an article in Amrit Bazar Patrika

History Gurkha /Gorkha Rule over Garhwal, Kumaon, Uttarakhand Ruthless Gurkha/Nepalese Administration in Himachal; Himachal; History Gurkha /Gorkha Rule over Pauri Garhwal, Udham Singh Nagar Kumaon, Uttarakhand Ruthless Gurkha/Nepalese Administration in Himachal; Sirmour Himachal; History Gurkha /Gorkha Rule over Chamoli Garhwal, Nainital Kumaon, Uttarakhand; Kangara Himachal Ruthless Gurkha/Nepalese Administration in Himachal; History Gurkha /Gorkha Rule over Rudraprayag Garhwal, Almora Kumaon, Uttarakhand; Baghat Himachal; History Gurkha /Gorkha Rule over Tehri Garhwal, Champawat Kumaon, Uttarakhand Ruthless Gurkha/Nepalese Administration in Himachal; Punar Himachal; History Gurkha /Gorkha Rule over Uttarkashi Garhwal, Bageshwar Kumaon, Uttarakhand;  Nahan Himachal; History Gurkha /Gorkha Rule over Dehradun Garhwal, Pithoragarh Kumaon, Uttarakhand; History Himachal Ruthless Gurkha/Nepalese Administration in Himachal;  History of Nepal, History of Doti Nepal, History of Nepalese/ Gurkha regime

Nepal Itihas, Garhwal Itihas, Kumaon Itihas, Himachal Itihas;  Gurkha/Gorkha ka Kumaon par  Adhikar Itihas , Gurkha/Gorkha Garhwal par Shasan Itihas Ruthless Gurkha/Nepalese Administration in Himachal;  Gurkha/Gorkha Rule in Kumaon, Garhwal Uttarakhand; History Gurkha/Gorkha  Rule in Himachal Ruthless Gurkha/Nepalese Administration in Himachal