Inspection of Gunth ‘Sanad’

Administration of G. W. Trail in Garhwal and Kumaon -13

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History of British Rule/Administration over Kumaun and Garhwal (1815-1947) -14

            History of Uttarakhand (Garhwal, Kumaon and Haridwar) -852

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                              By: Bhishma Kukreti (History Student)

             In Garhwali Kingdom and Nepalese rule, both the administrations offered lands for a few important temples. Nepalese government increased land for temples. The said land was called ‘Gunth’. The income from ‘Gunth’ land was used for salaries for priests, and workers of the temple.  From ‘Sadabrat’, the food and other articles were distributed among the pilgrims of visiting Badrinath –Kedarnath.

    In 1815, there was total land of 501 villages in ‘Gunth’. British administration measured the land offered for Gunth in 1823 and detail is as follows (Atkinson) –

 Temple------Number of villages under Gunth ---------1823, Agriculture land (Unit-20 Nali)

Badrinath ----------------262------------------------------------4785

Kedarnath-----------------54--------------------------------------775

Kamleshwar---------------14--------------------------------------- 232

Lakshminarayan----------5------------------------------------------102

Raghunath (Devprayag)------------8-------------------------------108

Tungnath---------------------9----------------------------------------133

Gopeshwar---------------------6--------------------------------------222

Miscellaneous --------------- 165----------------------------------- 1449

Baron--------------------------- 12----------------------------------39

Total------------------------------535--------------------------------7845

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti Mumbai, India, bckukreti@gmail.com 15/7/2016

History of Garhwal – Kumaon-Haridwar (Uttarakhand, India) to be continued… Part -853

*** History of British Rule/Administration over Kumaun, (Pauri , Rudraprayag, and Chamoli) Garhwal (1815-1947) to be continued in next chapter

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

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References  

 1-Shiv Prasad Dabral ‘Charan’, Uttarakhand ka Itihas, Part -7 Garhwal par British -Shasan, part -1, page 138-140

2-Atkinson, Himalayan districts Vol.3, page 303

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History of British Rule, Administration, Policies, Revenue system,  over Garhwal, Kumaon, Uttarakhand; History of British Rule, Administration, Policies Revenue system  over Pauri Garhwal, Udham Singh Nagar Kumaon, Uttarakhand; History of British Rule, Administration, Policies ,Revenue system  over Chamoli Garhwal, Nainital Kumaon, Uttarakhand; History of British Rule, Administration, Policies ,Revenue system  over Rudraprayag Garhwal, Almora Kumaon, Uttarakhand; History of British Rule, Administration, Policies ,Revenue system  over Dehradun , Champawat Kumaon, Uttarakhand; History of British Rule, Administration, Policies, ,Revenue system  over Bageshwar  Kumaon, Uttarakhand;

History of British Rule, Administration, Policies, Revenue system over Haridwar, Pithoragarh Kumaon, Uttarakhand;