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Prime Minister Juddha Śaṃśera's travel to Morang and Jhapa (1937)

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Identifier: PCRIND_0004_0000
Title: Prime Minister Juddha Śaṃśera's travel to Morang and Jhapa (1937)
Type, original: bound book; original

Content

Abstract: This is a travel diary recording Prime Minister Juddha Śaṃśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā's (December 8, 1937-March 4, 1938) visit to Morang (Biratnagar-Jhapa). This diary presents a detailed illustration on hunting programmes in different parts of Nepal like Birgunj, Morang, Itahari etc. with photographs and various records. It also records travel program of Śrī 3 Mahārānī to Madeśa on December 8, 1937.

Table of Contents
S.N. Nepali Title English Title Page No. Image ID
1The cover page: 94 sālamā śrī 3 mahārājakā Moraṅ (Birāṭanagara –Jhāpā) savārī ko ḍāyarīA travel diary of Śrī 3 Mahārāja's trip to Morang (Biratnagar-Jhapa) in [VS 19]941PCRIND_0004/0005
2The title page: Śrī 3 Mahārāja Juddha Śaṃśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā kā hukuma, Bahādura Śaṃśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā kā marjī motābika saṃ 1994 sāla Moraṅ [Birāṭanagara -Jhāpā] savārī ko ḍāyarīA Book on a trip to Morang [Biratnagar-Jhapa], written by Komalanātha, prepared by Indrabahādura Kārkī following the order of Śrī 3 Mahārāja Juddha Śaṃśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā and the wish of Bahādura Śaṃśera3PCRIND_0004/0007
3BhūmikāPreface5PCRIND_0004/0009
4Dincaryā Bhīmaphedī (Simalṭāra Baṅglā kyāṃpa)Daily routine Bhimphedi (Simaltar Bangla Camp)13PCRIND_0004/0017
5Amalekhaganja KyāṃpaAmlekhganj Camp19PCRIND_0004/0023
6Ratanapura kyāṃpaRatnapur Camp37PCRIND_0004/0041
7Nījagaḍha kyāṃpaNijgadh Camp41PCRIND_0004/0045
8Kā̃ṭa kyāṃpaKant Camp48PCRIND_0004/0052
9Bagarī kyāṃpaBagari Camp54PCRIND_0004/0058
10Virgañja Muralī Daravāra KyāṃpaBirgunj Murali Durbar Camp62PCRIND_0004/0066
11Moraṅ tarpha relako sapharaTrain travel to Morang70PCRIND_0004/0074
12Moraṅ Sundara Gundara kyāṃpa (Virāṭanagara)Morang Sundargundar Camp (Biratnagar)74PCRIND_0004/0078
13Īṭaharī kyāṃpaItahari Camp95PCRIND_0004/0099
14Haraicā kyāṃpaHaraicha Camp106PCRIND_0004/0112
15Vairavanā KyāṃpaBairabana Camp108PCRIND_0004/0114
16Ratuvā kyāṃpa JhāpāRatuwa Camp Jhapa119PCRIND_0004/0127
17Kerāvārī kyāṃpaKerabari Camp134PCRIND_0004/0142
18Vyāṅkhāḍī kyāṃpaByangkhadi Camp151PCRIND_0004/0161
19Rājagaḍha kyāṃpaRajagaḍha Camp162PCRIND_0004/0172
20Raṅgeḍā̃ḍa kyāṃpaRangedada Camp166PCRIND_0004/0176
21Phirtī savārī relako sapharaReturning from trip in train183PCRIND_0004/0197
22Vīragañja Muralīdaravāra kyāṃpaBirgunj Murali Durbar Camp186PCRIND_0004/0200
23Bhīmaphedī Simalaṭāra vaṅgalā kyāṃpaBhimphedi Simaltar Bangla Camp188PCRIND_0004/0202
24Mārkhu Vaṃgalā kyāṃpaMarkhu Bangla Camp201PCRIND_0004/0215
25Siṃhadarbāra NepālaSinghadurbar Nepal202PCRIND_0004/0216
261994 sālako sikāraHunting record of 1994205PCRIND_0004/0219
27Sikārako TerijaSummation of Hunting208PCRIND_0004/0222
28Sikāra bhayekā janāvaraList different animals hunted208PCRIND_0004/0222
29Savārīkā vāsamukāmako progrāmaSchedule for accommodation209PCRIND_0004/0223
30Śrī 3 Mahārājakā moraṅ savārīmā jāne mānisako gośvārā lagata ra rela caḍhdāko lagataList of people travelling and riding train with Juddha Śamśera210PCRIND_0004/0224
31Śrī 3 Mahārānīkā 1994 sālamā madhesa savārīko progrāmaMadhesa trip schedule of Sri 3 Maharani 1994214PCRIND_0004/0228
32Śrī 3 Vaḍāmahārānīkā savārī sātha Rahane mānisako lagataA list of people travelling with Sri 3 Maharani215PCRIND_0004/0229
33Śrī 3 Mahārājakā savārīlāī vāṭoko vandovastaArrangement for Juddha Śamśera's travel217PCRIND_0004/0231
34Nāvā PaṭelāArrangement of boats for217PCRIND_0004/0231
35ṬelīphonTelephone218PCRIND_0004/0232
36Gāḍā meṭha kāhāraArrangement of carriage and people218PCRIND_0004/0232
37Moṭara LarīMotor Lorry218PCRIND_0004/0232
38PetrolaPetrol218PCRIND_0004/0232
39Rā̃goBuffalo219PCRIND_0004/0233
40Gāī Bhaī̃sī dūdhaCows, water buffalos and milk219PCRIND_0004/0233
41Hāttī Sarkārī, Hāttī Mahājanī, Vanelī sametaElephants of the government and merchants also including wild elephants220PCRIND_0004/0234
42Ḍā̃kako bandovastaArrangement for postage222PCRIND_0004/0236
43Savārī jinsībhansāraGrocery for travel223PCRIND_0004/0237
44PhuṭkaraMiscellaneous226PCRIND_0004/0240
45MacānaHunting Blind226PCRIND_0004/0240
46Savārī tosākhānāvāṭa laijāne[The equipments that should be taken from the Treasury of office related to procession227PCRIND_0004/0241
47Rasada vikrīRation selling228PCRIND_0004/0242
48Ṭhekadārako vālagiri dine mālaMaterials rented to contractor228PCRIND_0004/0242
49Rasadako NirakhadaraWholesale rate of grocery229PCRIND_0004/0243
50Ṭhāū̃ṭhāūkā kyāṃpalāī āḍara bhayāko rasadaGrocery list for different camps230PCRIND_0004/0244-0245
51GanList of guns232PCRIND_0004/0246
52GolīgaṭṭhāList of ammunitions234PCRIND_0004/0248
53Śrī 3 Mahārājakā savārīmā gayeko palṭanako vā̃ḍphā̃ṭDivision of Battalion for Juddha Śamśera's travel235PCRIND_0004/0249
54Pāla SāyaraTents237PCRIND_0004/0251
55Phirtī savārīke myānā tāmadānaharuPalanquin, Carpet etc. for return trip238PCRIND_0004/0252
56Phirtī savārīke myānā tāmadānaharuA list recording myānā, tāmadāna etc. for return trip238PCRIND_0004/0252
57Savārī viṣayanmā bhayekā kharcako phā̃ṭA list recording expenditure on travel239PCRIND_0004/0253
58Śrī 3 Mahārājakā caltī savārīmā B.N.W.R. ko ṭāima ṭevalaA time table of B.N.W.R.251PCRIND_0004/0265
59Śrī 3 Mahārājakā phirtī savārīmā D.H.R. ko ṭāima ṭevalaA time table of D.H.R. for return trip252PCRIND_0004/0266
60Śrī 3 Mahārājakā phirtī savārīmā B.N.W.R. ko ṭāīma ṭevalaA time table of B.N.W.R. for return trip253PCRIND_0004/0267
61Kisanaganjadekhī raksaula taka B.N.W.R. speśala ko kaṃpojiśanComposition of B.N.W.R. from Kisangunj to Raxaul254PCRIND_0004/0268
62Phirtī savārīmā galagaliyā ṣṭeśannavāṭa gayekā relaharuTrain passing through Galgaliya station255PCRIND_0004/0269


List of Images
S.N. Image Page No. Image ID
1Juddha Śamśera, Lady Haile and Mrs. Rose with dead tiger shot in Śaktimuhārā21PCRIND_0004/0025
2A group photo of Juddha Śamśera and his family with dead tiger shot in Śaktimuhāra22PCRIND_0004/0026
3A tiger shot by Juddha Śamśera in Kāminīdai24PCRIND_0004/0028
4A group photo of Juddha Śamśera and his family with dead tigers shot in East Ādhāmārā jungle27PCRIND_0004/0031
5Juddha Śamśera with dead tiger shot in East Ādhāmārā jungle28PCRIND_0004/0032
6A male elephant captured and brought to Amlekhganj30PCRIND_0004/0034
7A leopard shot by Kiraṇa Śamsera in Vakarāmapura jungle32PCRIND_0004/0036
8A deer shot by Juddha Śamśera in South Ratanapura38PCRIND_0004/0042
9A group photo with dead deer shot by Juddha Śamśera40PCRIND_0004/0044
10A leopard shot at Bagari jungle by Juddha Śamśera57PCRIND_0004/0061
11Murali Durbar at Birganj63PCRIND_0004/0067
12Juddha Śamśera inspects guard of honour at Raxaul72PCRIND_0004/0076
13Juddha Śamśera at B.N.W.R. saloon73PCRIND_0004/0077
14A train travelling to Jogbeni73PCRIND_0004/0077
15Sundargundar Camp74PCRIND_0004/0079
16A leopard shot at Aṭhāranālā jungle78PCRIND_0004/0082
17A dead tiger shot by Juddha Śamśera and Maheśvara Rāṇā at Kecuī jungle80PCRIND_0004/0084
18A tiger shot by Maheśvara Rāṇā at Kecuī jungle81PCRIND_0004/0085
19Five tigers shot by Juddha Śamśera and a tiger and a crocodile shot by U. Ka. Ja Rāṇā at Galphariya and Purandaha jungle in Saptari and Koshi river86PCRIND_0004/0090
20A group photo of dead crocodiles killed by Ceta Śamśera, Nīra Śamśera etc. at Saptakoshi91PCRIND_0004/0095
21A tiger, bear, leopard killed by Juddha Śamśera in Syautīkholā98PCRIND_0004/0102
22A tiger and bears killed at Bhulke jungle and a tigress and a deer killed at Buḍhīnadī jungle102PCRIND_0004/0106
23Two leopards killed by Juddha Śamśera105PCRIND_0004/0111
24A leopard killed by Maheśvara Śamśera at Bairabana jungle109PCRIND_0004/0115
25A tiger shot by U.Ka.Ja. Rāṇā at Kalapani jungle116PCRIND_0004/0124
26A tiger killed by Juddha Śamśera in Kulajhurā jungle122PCRIND_0004/0130
27A tiger killed by Juddha Śamśera at Mahuvākholā jungle126PCRIND_0004/0134
28A tiger killed at Mahuvākholā jungle and a crocodile killed at Ratuvā by Juddha Śamśera128PCRIND_0004/0136
29Hunting scene at Mahuvārakholā129PCRIND_0004/0137
30Four tigers killed by Juddha Śamśera at Keravārī jungle136PCRIND_0004/0144
31Two tigers killed at Kisnīkholā jungle, three tigresses killed and two cubs captured at Kerāvārī jungle140PCRIND_0004/0148
32King Mahendra discussing—PCRIND_0004/0153
33A tiger and tigress killed by Juddha Śamśera at Arneḍhāpa jungle145PCRIND_0004/0155
34Elephant tangled in the bushes and a mahout climbing elephant146PCRIND_0004/0156
35A tiger killed by Juddha Śamśera in Pāḍājhukī jungle148PCRIND_0004/0158
36A leopard killed by Ceta Śamśera at Kerāvārī jungle and a bear killed by Kiraṇa Śamśera at Kerakhā jungle150PCRIND_0004/0160
37Juddha Śamśera riding an elephant and a tigress killed at Āmaṭārī jungle153PCRIND_0004/0163
38A group of elephants and a tiger killed by Juddha Śamśera, Nīra Śamśera etc. in Satāsighāra jungle156PCRIND_0004/0166
39A tigress shot by Nīra Śamśera and a group of people around dead tigress157PCRIND_0004/0167
40Juddha Śamśera attending Basanta Śravaṇa159PCRIND_0004/0169
41A leopard killed by Nīra Śamśera at Jāmunavārī jungle161PCRIND_0004/0171
42Tigers killed by Juddha Śamśera and U. Ka. Ja. At Jalathala jungle164PCRIND_0004/0174
43A tiger killed by Juddha Śamśera at Jalathala jungle168PCRIND_0004/0178
44Kīcaka Vadha Kuṇḍa170PCRIND_0004/0180
45Tigresses killed at Jalathala and Khabhara Bhiṭṭā171PCRIND_0004/0181
46A tigress killed and cubs captured by Juddha Śamśera in Nīcājhora jungle174PCRIND_0004/0186
47Tigers killed by Juddha Śamśera at Nīcājhora jungle and Vaṅjarabhiṭṭā jungle176PCRIND_0004/0190
48Juddha Śamśera arrives at Amlekhgunj Station189PCRIND_0004/0203
49Juddha Śamśera riding a horse in the compound of Simaltar Bangla193PCRIND_0004/0207
50Juddha Śamśera riding a horse194PCRIND_0004/0208
51Juddha Śamśera riding a horse195PCRIND_0004/0209
52Juddha Śamśera riding a draft horse197PCRIND_0004/0211
53People walking in Bhimphedi198PCRIND_0004/0212
54Juddha Śamśera shooting a tiger256PCRIND_0004/0270
55Tiger brought to Ladai Camp on jeep roof257PCRIND_0004/0271
56People climbing trees to watch hunting257PCRIND_0004/0271
57In search of a tiger259PCRIND_0004/0273
58Elephant stuck in muddy swamp259PCRIND_0004/0273
59Juddha Śamśera listening at Basanta Śravaṇa261PCRIND_0004/0275
60Elephants gathered for Basanta Śravaṇa261PCRIND_0004/0275
61Elephant queue in a circumference263PCRIND_0004/0277
62Lighting a fire for hunting tiger263PCRIND_0004/0277
63Himalayan range from Kerāvārī Camp265PCRIND_0004/0279
64Elephant escapes from charging tiger265PCRIND_0004/0279
65Juddha Śamśera on elephant for hunting267PCRIND_0004/0281
66Elephants gathered for hunting267PCRIND_0004/0281
67Elephants crossing a river for hunting269PCRIND_0004/0283
68Elephants gathered for hunting269PCRIND_0004/0283
69A deer shot by Juddha Śamśera271PCRIND_0004/0285
70Juddha Śamśera watching hunters on elephant howdah at hunting circumference0271PCRIND_0004/0285


List of Letters
S.N. Letter Date Page No. Letter ID
1A felicitation letter (Abhinandanapatra) presented by citizens of Birgunj to Juddha Śamśera1994-10-10105PCRIND_0004/0109
2A felicitation letter (Mānapatra) presented by Luṇakarṇa Śarmā——PCRIND_0004/0116
3A felicitation letter (Mānapatra) presented by Marwadi of Rangeli to Juddha Śamśera1994-10-06117PCRIND_0004/0117
4A felicitation letter (Mānapatra) presented by Marwadi of Jhāpā to Juddha Śamśera—172PCRIND_0004/0182
5A copy of felicitation letter (Abhinandan Patra) presented by director of Biratnagar Radhakrishna to Juddha Śamśera—174PCRIND_0004/0187


Miscellaneous
S.N. Content Date Page No. Document ID
1Table of content—7PCRIND_0004/0011
2A schedule for carrier and payment to them—15PCRIND_0004/0019
3A table recording list of animals hunted in 1994 with details—205PCRIND_0004/0219
4A table recording summary of animals hunted—208PCRIND_0004/0222
5List of different types of animals killed—208PCRIND_0004/0222
6Schedule for accommodation—209PCRIND_0004/0223
7List of people travelling and riding train with Juddha Śamśera—210PCRIND_0004/0224
8Madhesa trip Schedule of Sri 3 Maharani 1994—214PCRIND_0004/0228
9A list of people travelling with Sri 3 Maharani—215PCRIND_0004/0229
10List of grocery for travel—223PCRIND_0004/0237
11Treasury office related to procession—227PCRIND_0004/0241
12Ration ticket—228PCRIND_0004/0242
13Materials rented to contractor—228PCRIND_0004/0242
14Wholesale rate of grocery—229PCRIND_0004/0243
15Grocery list for different camps—230PCRIND_0004/0244-0245
16List of Guns—232PCRIND_0004/0246
17List of ammunitions—234PCRIND_0004/0248
18Division of Battalion for Juddha Śamśera's travel—235PCRIND_0004/0249
19List of Tents—237PCRIND_0004/0251
20A list recording myāna, tāmadāna etc. for return trip (Phirtī savārīke myānā tāmadānaharu)—238PCRIND_0004/0252
21A list recording expenditure on travel—239PCRIND_0004/0253
22A time table of B.N.W.R1938.01.06251PCRIND_0004/0265
23A time table of D.H.R. for return trip1938.02.16252PCRIND_0004/0266
24A time table of B.N.W.R. for return trip1938.02.16/17253PCRIND_0004/0267
25Composition of B.N.W.R. from Kisangunj to Raxaul—254PCRIND_0004/0268
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Date

Date: VS 1994 unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified
Further details:
Converted: 1937

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 33.8; 21.5; cm
No. of folios: 139
Material, binding, and colour: mill-made paper; bound; light brown
Condition: good; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Research Unit "Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Premodern Nepal"; Walter Rindfleisch Collection
Source and details: document itself; Digitized by Heidelberg University Library on 01/09/2022 as image identifier(s) PCRIND_0004_1 to PCRIND_0004_299 in DWork
Running no., exposures: 292

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Created, modified, ID: 7/17/26, 12:00 AM; 8/5/26, 1:33 PM; 18
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