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Life and Times of Mahārāja Jaṅga Bahādura

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Identifier: PCRIND_0009_0000
Title: Life and Times of Mahārāja Jaṅga Bahādura
Type, original: bound book; original

Content

Abstract: This volume consists of two sections. The first section entitled “Life and Times of Maharaja Janga Bahadur” is a biography of Prime Minister Jaṅga Bahādura. The second section is titled “Short Sketches of the Lives of Maharaja Sir Rana Udip Singh, Maharaj Sir Bir Shum Shere and Maharaja Deva Shum Shere” are short biographies of Raṇa Uddīpa, Bīra Śamśera and Deva Śamśera. The author of the book is not mentioned. Table of Contents Contents --------------------------------------------------------------Page nr.-- --Image id. Section 1 Chapter I The history of the Gorkhālīs from the conquest of the valley of Kathmandu by Mahārāja Pṛthvīnārāyaṇa Śāha to the appointment of General Māthavara Siṅgh Thāpā as the Prime Minister of Nepal--1--PCRIND_0009/0011 Chapter II Bhīmasena Thāpā--15--PCRIND_0009/0039 Chapter III Jaṅga Bahādura's boy-hood and early youth--96--PCRIND_0009/0201 Chapter IV Jaṅga Bahādura's rise to supreme power in Nepal--106--PCRIND_0009/0221 The Kot Massacre--144--PCRIND_0009/0297 Chapter V The Nepalese Mission to England--197--PCRIND_0009/0403 Chapter VI A conspiracy to take the life of Jaṅga Bahādura. The inauguration of Jaṅga Bahādura's statue on the parade ground, and the celebration of two important marriages in Kathmandu--268-- PCRIND_0009/0545 The Tibetan War of 1855--286--PCRIND_0009/0581 The Sepoy War of 1857-58 and the services rendered by the Nepalese contingent to re­-establish British authority in Oudh and the districts near the Nepalese frontier--364-- PCRIND_0009/0737 The history of Nepal from 1860 to the death of Mahārāja Sir Jaṅga Bahādura in 1877 and after--448-- PCRIND_0009/0905 Chapter VII The different roles of succession to the post of Prime-Ministership of Nepal at different periods and different rulers--476--PCRIND_0009/0961 List of men exiled, outcasted together with those who were massacred inside the Kot and treacherously killed in house on 14-9-1846 A.D. (6-9-1903 S.E.) on Kote Parba--482--PCRIND_0009/0973 Those who fled and those who were massacred on the Bhandarkhal Parba, Sambat Era 12-7-1903 (Saturday) --484--PCRIND_0009/0977 Persons outcasted, beheaded, exiled, and those who fled and were put to jail in the conspiracy to take away the life of King, Minister and Commander-in-Chief in the year 1882--485--PCRIND_0009/0979 A brief Geneology of Śrī 5 Mahārājādhirāja Tribhubana Vīravikrama Śāha Bahādura Śaṃsera Jaṅga Deva--486--PCRIND_0009/0981 Section 2 Mahārāja Raṇa Uddīpa Siṃha--1--PCRIND_0009/0989 Mahārāja Bīra Śamśera--24--PCRIND_0009/1035 Maharāja Deva Śamśera--58--PCRIND_0009/1103 References Jung, Padma Jung Bahadur. 1909. Life of Maharaja Sir Jung Bahadur G.C.B, G.C.S.I, etc. etc. of Nepal. Allahabad. Rāṇā, Purushottama Śamaśera Ja. Ba. 1998. Jung Bahadur Rana : The Story of his Rise and Glory. Delhi: Book Faith India.
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Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 33; 20.5; cm
No. of folios: 563
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 19/10/2022 as image identifier(s) PCRIND_0009_1 to PCRIND_0009_1131 in DWork
Running no., exposures: 1131

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Created, modified, ID: 7/17/26, 12:00 AM; 7/17/26, 12:00 AM; 18
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