Siddhi Lal Vidyarthi: A Garhwali poet concerning for inequality

(गढ़वाल,उत्तराखंड,हिमालय से गढ़वाली कविता  क्रमगत इतिहास  भाग -175 ) 

 (Critical and Chronological History of Garhwali Poetry, part -175)

  By: Bhishma Kukreti

 Siddhi  Lal Vidyarthi was born in 1946 in Chweencha, Nandalsyun of Pauri Garhwal. Siddhi lal Vidyarthi served the Indian Tibet Border Police till 2003.

   He published a Garhwali poetry collection book Ragdwat and relayed his poems through Akashvani too.

  Bhartiy Dalit Sahitya Academy awarded Siddhi Lal with Dr. Ambedkar Fellowship. Uttrakhand Dalit sahitya Academy also awarded Siddhi Lal.

    Siddhi Lal wrote more than 80 Garhwali poems with varied subjects and varied moods.  His poetries concerning inequality are very effective. He is more effective in illustrating the struggle of ‘Haves Not’.

निरसा बोल (बच्चों द्वारा माँ बाप की अवहेलना का दर्द , गढ़वाली कविता )

रचना --  सिद्धि लाल विद्यार्थी   ( जन्म 1946 ,  च्वींचा , पौड़ी गढ़वाल  ) 

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तेरा पैदा होणै बात 

जणिक मन ह्वै छौ 

ख़ुशी मा होलेरू फुलेरू 

तिन क्या समझण यांकू  मोल  

बेटा नि सुणौ निरसा बोल। 

तू नि जाण सकदू 

कनी पिड़ा ह्वे होली 

हत्थी -खुट्टी छटकै तिन 

बजै होल पेट मा ढोल 

बेटा नि सुणौ निरसा बोल। 

अपणू  प्राण त्वे पर लगै 

छुड़ी रोटी लूण गारी 

अलणू अतेलू खै ज्यू मारी 

मेरी खैरी खयी बुज्यों न घोल 

बेटा नि सुणौ निरसा बोल। 

ज्वानी मा रांडा दिन कटनी 

भूखू -प्यासू रै ब्रत रखनी 

भली भली चीज कभी नि चखनी 

मेरी बिपदा नि सकदू क्वी तोल 

बेटा नि सुणौ निरसा बोल। 

(Ref-Angwal, 2013) 

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चमोली गढ़वाल , उत्तराखंड , उत्तरी भारत कविता , लोकगीत  इतिहास ; रुद्रप्रयाग गढ़वाल , उत्तराखंड , उत्तरी भारत कविता ,लोकगीत  इतिहास ; टिहरी गढ़वाल , उत्तराखंड , उत्तरी भारत कविता , लोकगीत  इतिहास ; उत्तरकाशी गढ़वाल , उत्तराखंड , उत्तरीभारत कविता , लोकगीत  इतिहास ; देहरादून गढ़वाल , उत्तराखंड , उत्तरी भारत कविता , लोकगीत  इतिहास ; हरिद्वार गढ़वाल ,उत्तराखंड , उत्तरी भारत कविता , लोकगीत  इतिहास ; 

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History and review of Garhwali Poems, Folk Song from Uttarkashi Garhwal, Uttarakhand, South Asia; History and review of Garhwali Poems, Folk Song from Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, South Asia; History and review of Garhwali Poems, Folk Song from Dehradun Garhwal, Uttarakhand, South Asia; History and review of Garhwali Poems, Folk Song from Rudraprayag Garhwal, Uttarakhand, South Asia; History and review of Garhwali Poems, Folk Song from Chamoli Garhwal, Uttarakhand, South Asia; History and review of Garhwali Poems, Folk Song from Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, South Asia; History  Garhwali poems from Haridwar ;

Shrinagar Social Structure

 British Administration in Garhwal   -146

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History of British Rule/Administration over Kumaun and Garhwal (1815-1947) -166

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            History of Uttarakhand (Garhwal, Kumaon and Haridwar) -1000

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                              By: Bhishma Kukreti (History Student)

                  According to Trail, Shrinagar was prosperous town/city. He stated that Shrinagar was greater than Almora in terms of area and population. However, due to earthquake, flood, and Gorkha rule, it lost its glory. After British took over, the business in Shrinagar weakened. The business link with Tehri from Shrinagar also diminished. The business from east north Garhwal weakened as business links shifted to Kumaon. The businessmen of Shrinagar started shifting to Kumaon or Tehri. Shrinagar Businessmen now, depended on summer pilgrimage only.

      In 1821, the social structure was as follows in Shrinagar-

Total houses – 562 and numbers of house owners were as follows-

Dom- 96 Houses

Muslims- 28

Hindus – 438

Brahmin – 120

Gusain – 73

Shopkeepers and goldsmith – 84

Prostitutes – 39

Small farmers and others -122

  Surprisingly, Trail did not include Dom (Scheduled caste) among Hindu and did not count Rajput separately.

   The statement of  Shripur Lila a hand written booklet  that there were 5000 house of Nagarkoti, 1000 houses of Brahmins, 1200 houses of Rajput, Business community and Untouchables , 60 houses of Muslims, 10 houses of metal smiths , 10 houses of Chhopiyon , 5 of mining community, and 5 of Mussbaron seems be totally exaggerated

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References  

1-Shiv Prasad Dabral ‘Charan’, Uttarakhand ka Itihas, Part -7 Garhwal par British -Shasan, part -1, page- 332-456

2-Scatch of Kumaon 147-158

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History of Garhwal – Kumaon-Haridwar (Uttarakhand, India) to be continued… Part -1001

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*** History of British Rule/Administration over British Garhwal (Pauri, Rudraprayag, and Chamoli1815-1947) to be continued in next chapter

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

Forest settlement , History of British Rule, Administration , Policies, Revenue system,  over Garhwal, Kumaon, Uttarakhand ; Forest settlement , 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; Forest settlement ,  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 ; Patwari , Civil Police History of British Rule, Forest settlement,  Administration, Policies, Revenue system over Haridwar, Pithoragarh Kumaon, Uttarakhand;    

Ragdwat: A Garhwali poetry Collection of various images and subjects

(गढ़वाल,उत्तराखंड,हिमालय से गढ़वाली कविता  क्रमगत इतिहास  भाग – 175 A ) 

                                     

 (Critical and Chronological History of Garhwali Poetry, part – 175 A)

  By: Bhishma Kukreti

  ‘Ragdwat’ is first Garhwali poetry collection by Siddhi Lal Vidyarthi. There are 42 garhwali poem collected in the said poetry collection.

 Majorly, there are spiritual and philosophical (Niadhari ku Adhar, As);  environment preservation and Garhwal geographical imagery (Prakritya Vardan, Dharti); Garhwali culture, painful cultural  changes (daya Padai Sanskriti); Problems of Migration, social changes by Migration and Pain of Migration ( Dur Darajai Naukri), Social causes (naunu Bhrun hattya), nationalism  and other important subjects.

    Siddhi Lal impresses by his poetries on castes and inequality system (Padai Sanskrit, Mankhin banti kilai) )  suppression and oppression of social , inspirational political and other kinds.

  His language is simple and easily understandable by all corners of Brihad Garhwal.

  Siddhi Lal Vidyarthi uses common phrases of Garhwal and those phrases create the desired images of auditory  (पाण्यूँ संसड़ाट ); visual  ( हिसर , किन्गोड़ा , बयिं बुतीं ), age (बुढ़ापू गे , कैकई ज्वनि ),taste (मिट्ठौन , मिट्ठी -मिट्ठी ); figurative speeches and emotions.

    Garhwali poet Tota Ram Dhoundiyal appreciates his realistic poems.

    Sociology scholar Professor Prem Chandra Joshi  appreciate the social experiences of Siddhi Lal and his approach in illustrating the social structure of yesterday and today.

  Madan Duklan states that Vidyarthi is successful in illustrating experienced poverty, inequality, social irrational change.

     Overall, critics will appreciate the efforts by Sidhi Lal Vidyarthi and readers will enjoy the poems.  

       Radwat

A 42 Garhwali poetry collection

Poet- Siddhi Lal Vidyarthi

Year – 2017

Publisher Samay Sakshya , Faltu Line Dehradun

Contact 0135-2658894

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti, 2017

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चमोली गढ़वाल , उत्तराखंड , उत्तरी भारत कविता , लोकगीत  इतिहास ; रुद्रप्रयाग गढ़वाल , उत्तराखंड , उत्तरी भारत कविता ,लोकगीत  इतिहास ; टिहरी गढ़वाल , उत्तराखंड , उत्तरी भारत कविता , लोकगीत  इतिहास ; उत्तरकाशी गढ़वाल , उत्तराखंड , उत्तरीभारत कविता , लोकगीत  इतिहास ; देहरादून गढ़वाल , उत्तराखंड , उत्तरी भारत कविता , लोकगीत  इतिहास ; हरिद्वार गढ़वाल ,उत्तराखंड , उत्तरी भारत कविता , लोकगीत  इतिहास ; 

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History and review of Garhwali Poems, Folk Song from Uttarkashi Garhwal, Uttarakhand, South Asia; History and review of Garhwali Poems, Folk Song from Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, South Asia; History and review of Garhwali Poems, Folk Song from Dehradun Garhwal, Uttarakhand, South Asia; History and review of Garhwali Poems, Folk Song from Rudraprayag Garhwal, Uttarakhand, South Asia; History and review of Garhwali Poems, Folk Song from Chamoli Garhwal, Uttarakhand, South Asia; History and review of Garhwali Poems, Folk Song from Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, South Asia; History  Garhwali poems from Haridwar ;

Villages and Agriculture Expansion Era

British Administration in Garhwal   -145

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History of British Rule/Administration over Kumaun and Garhwal (1815-1947) -165

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            History of Uttarakhand (Garhwal, Kumaon and Haridwar) -999

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                              By: Bhishma Kukreti (History Student)

   Dr Dabral divided British rule (1815-1947) into following eras-

1-Era of Village numbers and farm land expansion from 1815-1864

2-Era of Farming land expansion by forest destruction from 1864-1914

3-Era of Exploitation and repression 1915-1947

4- Indian rule from 1947 till date – Hopelessness era

   There had been 180 degree changes from 185 to 1947 all fields of society. Initially, changes were slow and later the changes were speedy .

                                    Towns and Populations

               According to Trail the 99 % population of Uttarakhand was rural population in 1821.  There were following so called towns where markets were there and population was high-

Town -----No Houses------ Males----Females --- Children --------Total Population

Almora------742---------------1369--------1178----------968------------3114

Shrinagar-------562------------945----------887------------512-----------2344

Champawat-----161-----------338-----------  NA---------------NA-------------NA

Joshimath---------119----------225-------------322---------------101-------------648

  The female population was higher in Joshimath because, the Badrinath prostitutes (Devdasi) used to live in Joshimath.

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References  

1-Shiv Prasad Dabral ‘Charan’, Uttarakhand ka Itihas, Part -7 Garhwal par British -Shasan, part -1, page- 332-456

2-Scatch of Kumaon 147-158

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History of Garhwal – Kumaon-Haridwar (Uttarakhand, India) to be continued… Part -1000

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*** History of British Rule/Administration over British Garhwal (Pauri, Rudraprayag, and Chamoli1815-1947) to be continued in next chapter

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

Forest settlement , History of British Rule, Administration , Policies, Revenue system,  over Garhwal, Kumaon, Uttarakhand ; Forest settlement , 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; Forest settlement ,  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 ; Patwari , Civil Police History of British Rule, Forest settlement,  Administration, Policies, Revenue system over Haridwar, Pithoragarh Kumaon, Uttarakhand;