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A Biography of Mahārāja Juddha Śamśera

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Identifier: PCRIND_0011_0000
Title: A Biography of Mahārāja Juddha Śamśera
Type, original: bound book; original

Content

Abstract: This is a biography of Prime Minister Juddha Śaṃśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā (April 19, 1875-November 20, 1952) composed by Komalanātha Adhikārī (VS 1950-2023). This volume starts by describing the origin of the Rāṇā lineage, then mentions the rise of Juddha Śamśera, and lists his major works. Apart from that, this volume records the titles and medals that Juddha Śamśera got. Pagination: In this volume pagination starts from the cover page with page no. 1 . The preface (bhūmikā) of the book is written on a loose paper which is glued together with page no. 21. Previous folios containing the table of contents and the cover page each are counted as 4, while these result from two folios glued together.

Table of Contents
S.N. Contents Nepali heading Page No. Image ID
1Cover page: Mahārāja Juddhaśamśera: Jīvana Caritra (Biography of Mahārāja Juddha Śamśera)1PCRIND_0011/0005
2Table of ContentsPañjikā5PCRIND_0011/0007
3Origin of the Rāṇā lineageRāṇākulako prādurbhāva23PCRIND_0011/0018
4RāmasiṃhaRāmasiṃha24PCRIND_0011/0019
5Supreme commander of the army Ratnajit KuvaraSenāpati Ratnajit Kuvara24PCRIND_0011/0019
6Saradāra Ahirāma KuvaraSaradāra Ahirāma Kuvara25PCRIND_0011/0020
7Kājī Rāmakṛṣṇa KuvaraKājī Rāmakṛṣṇa Kuvara25PCRIND_0011/0020
8Saradāra Raṇajīta KuvaraSaradāra Raṇajīta Kuvara26PCRIND_0011/0021
9Saradāra Bālanṛsiṃha KuvaraSaradāra Bālanṛsiṃha Kuvara26PCRIND_0011/0021
10Mahārāja Jaṅga BahāduraMahārāja Jaṅga Bahādura27PCRIND_0011/0022
11Mahārāja Raṇoddīpa SiṃhaMahārāja Jaṅga Bahādura [sic]28PCRIND_0011/0023
12Commander-in-Chief Dhīra ŚamśeraKa. in cīph Dhīra Śamśera28PCRIND_0011/0023
13Mahārāja Bīra ŚamśeraMahārāja Vīra Śamśera30PCRIND_0011/0025
14Mahārāja Deva ŚamśeraMahārāja Deva Śamśera30PCRIND_0011/0025
15Mahārāja Candra ŚamśeraMahārāja Candra Śamśera31PCRIND_0011/0026
16Mahārāja Bhīma ŚamśeraMahārāja Bhīma Śamśera31PCRIND_0011/0026
17Mahārāja Juddha ŚamśeraMahārāja Juddha Śamśera32PCRIND_0011/0027
18Birth of Mahārāja JuddhaMahārāja Juddhako janmakarma32PCRIND_0011/0027
19Mahārāja Juddha Śamśera's rise to powerMahārāja Juddhako rājyodaya45PCRIND_0011/0040
20Description of major works of the MahārājaMahārājakā kāryaharūko viśeṣa vivaraṇa48PCRIND_0011/0043
21Improvements in educationśikṣātarphako sudhāra48PCRIND_0011/0043
22Schoolspāṭhaśālā49PCRIND_0011/0044
23Newly established schoolsnayā khaḍā rahekā pāṭhaśālā50PCRIND_0011/0045
24Improvements in previously established schoolsaghidekhī khaḍā rahekā pāṭhaśālāharūmā sudhāra52PCRIND_0011/0047
25Improvements in schools and collegesskūla-kāleja tarpha sudhāra53PCRIND_0011/0048
26Repair of roadssaḍaka (vāṭo) haruko sudhāra57PCRIND_0011/0052
27Repaired roadsmarmata bhaekā saḍaka71PCRIND_0011/0066
27Footpathsphuṭpāth74PCRIND_0011/0069
28Bridges (suspension bridge, wooden bridge, hanging bridge)pula (sā̃gu, phaḍke, jholuṅgo)74PCRIND_0011/0070
29Water supplypānī87PCRIND_0011/0082
30Wellsīnāra88PCRIND_0011/0083
31Watering placesdhārā90PCRIND_0011/0085
32Reconstruction of watering placesmarmata bhaekā dhārāharu103PCRIND_0011/0098
33Fountains and pondsphoharā-pokharī104PCRIND_0011/0099
34Rest housesdharmaśālā105PCRIND_0011/0100
35Residences for Brahmacārinsbrahmacārī akhāḍā106PCRIND_0011/0101
36Wayside shelterspātī107PCRIND_0011/0102
37Rest housespauvā108PCRIND_0011/0103
38Public resting-placessattala109PCRIND_0011/0104
39Bigger rest housesseṭa ghara111PCRIND_0011/0106
40Government offices and courtsaḍḍā kacaharīharu114PCRIND_0011/0109
41Governmental treasuriessarakārī khajānā ghara115PCRIND_0011/0110
42Three account offices3 sā̃cā tahavila116PCRIND_0011/0111
43Store housesgodāma ghara116PCRIND_0011/0111
44Military barracksbyāreka ghara116PCRIND_0011/0111
45Post officehulāka ghara116PCRIND_0011/0111
46Exchange officeekscenj āphissa116PCRIND_0011/0111
47Residences for government officialssarakārī karmacārī basane ghara117PCRIND_0011/0112
48Police stationpulisa caukī119PCRIND_0011/0114
49Newly constructed and renovated governmental buildingsnayā̃ ra marmata bhaekā sarakārī ghara119PCRIND_0011/0114
50Exemption of people living in Khajahanī Syūrāja from paying revenue because of droughtkhajahanī syūrājako sukhā jartā minhā121PCRIND_0011/0116
51Rice distribution for people affected by drought in Khajahanī Syūrājakhajahanī syūrāja tarpha sukhā pardā bhāta pakāī khuvāera duniyā̃ko rakṣā122PCRIND_0011/0117
52Money given to elderly people living in Kāśī and Riḍīvarṣāsana123PCRIND_0011/0118
53Breaking down the monopoly of contractorsṭhekkā toḍa124PCRIND_0011/0119
54Of oil lamps, matches, cigarettes and petroldiyā salāī, sigareṭa, pyāṭrolako124PCRIND_0011/0119
55Cancellation of the contracts of grog-shops in the hill areaspahāḍa tarphakā bhaṭṭī rakamako125PCRIND_0011/0120
56New regulations regarding visa issuancerāhadānī128PCRIND_0011/0123
57Money ordermani ārḍara130PCRIND_0011/0125
58Improvements in N. G. Railwayen. jī. relavemā sudhāra131PCRIND_0011/0126
59Mint in Dharaharadhararā ṭaksāra132PCRIND_0011/0127
60Automatic Telephone Officeaṭomeṭika ṭelīphona āphisa133PCRIND_0011/0128
61Nepal Trading and Himalayan companiesnepāla ṭreḍiṅ ra dī himālayana kaṃpanī134PCRIND_0011/0129
62System to create records of a guṭhīguṭhī guṭhīko lagata khaḍā garne bandovasta135PCRIND_0011/0130
63Management regarding the compound wall of Nagarjun, Ranibannāgārjuna girdā parkhāla heracāha garne bandovasta136PCRIND_0011/0131
64Cow exhibitiongopradarśanī137PCRIND_0011/0132
65Hospitalsaspatāla138PCRIND_0011/0133
66Jailsjhelakhānā140PCRIND_0011/0135
67Governmental rice storesdharmabhakārī-rājabhakārī142PCRIND_0011/0137
68Donationsdāna-dharma143PCRIND_0011/0138
69List of donated itemsdāna145PCRIND_0011/0140
70Donation of cowsgodāna148PCRIND_0011/0143
71Feeding Brahminsbrāhmaṇabhojana149PCRIND_0011/0144
72Religious activitiesdharma-karma150PCRIND_0011/0145
73Exemption of prisoners from remaining punishments and confinement periods relating to the time before VS 198484 sāla sammakā daṃḍa kaidaharūko bakyautā māpha151PCRIND_0011/0146
74Extra vacation for employees working in the Nijāmati Aḍḍākhānānijāmati aḍākhānātarpha thapa bidā154PCRIND_0011/0149
75Examination of the guṭhī recordsguṭhī lagatako jā̃ca156PCRIND_0011/0151
76Nurserynarsarī157PCRIND_0011/0152
77Railing around Rānīpokharīrānīpokharīko reliṅ158PCRIND_0011/0153
78Lottery called Bhāgya Yuddhabhāgyayuddhaciṭṭhā159PCRIND_0011/0154
79Public toiletspāīkhānā-pisābakhānā160PCRIND_0011/0155
80Drainageḍhala161PCRIND_0011/0156
81Agricultural lands for the Rāṇāsrāṇājīharūkā nimitta khetī garne jagā163PCRIND_0011/0158
82Opening of various industriesudyoga pariṣat164PCRIND_0011/0159
83Export of herbsvanaspati jarībūṭīko nikāsī172PCRIND_0011/0167
84Arrangements to export Senegalia catechu trees of the hillspahāḍa tarphako khaira rakama bandovasta173PCRIND_0011/0167
85Agriculture in Morangmoraṅmā egrikalcara175PCRIND_0011/0169
86Side drains on the roadssāiḍ ḍrena176PCRIND_0011/0171
87Construction of a rest house and garden in Pāñcāyana, south of the Thapathali palacepaṃcāyanamā ghara-bagaĩcā177PCRIND_0011/0172
88Customs officebhansāra178PCRIND_0011/0173
89Nepalese embassy in Britainbelāyatamā nepāla ligeśana179PCRIND_0011/0174
90Opening a zoo in Jawalakhelciḍiyākhānā181PCRIND_0011/0176
91Courts in Bhaktapur and Lalitpurbhaktapura lalitapuramā aḍālata183PCRIND_0011/0178
92Installation of statuesṣṭācū pratimāharūko sthāpanā184PCRIND_0011/0179
93Power house in Sundarijal and electric lights in the streetsbijulī186PCRIND_0011/0181
94Electricity in Bhaktapurbhaktapuramā trijuddhajyoti (bijulī)188PCRIND_0011/0183
95An istihāra issued renaming Bhote ethnic groups as Tāmāṅbhoṭe jātalāī tāmāṅ bhanne bāremā istihāra189PCRIND_0011/0184
96Army fundsainika dravyakośa190PCRIND_0011/0185
97Construction and renovation of templesdevālaya192PCRIND_0011/0187
98Śrīkṛṣṇa Temple in Resunga, Gulmigulmī resuṃgāmā śrīkṛṣṇa maṃdira193PCRIND_0011/0188
99Śiva Temple and Dhīra Dhāma in Darjeelingdhīra dhāma (dārjīliṅmā)198PCRIND_0011/0193
100Train service in Janakpurjanakapura rela199PCRIND_0011/0194
101Pajanī (appointment, reappointment and dismissal of officials) in the month of Vaiśākhavaiśākhamā pajanī200PCRIND_0011/0195
102Fire trucks called Juddha Barun Yantrajuddha-vāruṇa-yaṃtra (damakala)201PCRIND_0011/0196
103Settlement of Juddha city in Dharan, Morangjuddha nagara bajāra203PCRIND_0011/0198
104Renovation of the gallery hall in Singha Durbargyālarī baiṭhakako marmata204PCRIND_0011/0199
105A barrage in the Pārdhī riverpārdhī kholāmā bā̃dha206PCRIND_0011/0201
106The Bīra barrage in the SaptakoshiBīra bā̃dha (saptakauśikīmā)207PCRIND_0011/0202
107Silver jubilee festival of King Tribhuvan's enthronementrajata jayantī mahotsava208PCRIND_0011/0203
108Telephone service up to Sirahasirāhā saṃmako ṭelīphona209PCRIND_0011/0204
109Residential houses for the Consulate General in Delhi and the Vakīl in Tibetḍillīmā kansal janarala basane ghara bhoṭko vakīl basne ghara210PCRIND_0011/0205
110An istihāra issued re. marriage, initiation etc.vivāha, vratabandha ityādi vyavahāra viṣayako istihāra bāṭa suvistā211PCRIND_0011/0206
111Trolley motor railwayṭralī moṭara relave213PCRIND_0011/0208
112Insurance company dealing with the goods transported through the ropewayropave mālako insyora kaṃpanī214PCRIND_0011/0209
113Additional authority to the hākim and baḍāhākims of districtsjillākā hākima baḍāhākimaharulāi akhtyārīmā thapa215PCRIND_0011/0210
114Rescue of the blind, the crippled, the lame, the elderly and poor peopleandhā, lulā, laṃgaḍā, buḍhābuḍhī, garībaharūko uddhāra216PCRIND_0011/0211
115Screening of old coinspurānā mohara chānne217PCRIND_0011/0212
116Veterinary medicinepaśurogako auṣadhī218PCRIND_0011/0213
117Drainage in Bhimphedibhīmapheḍīko gaḍha218PCRIND_0011/0213
118Barrack for the Pārśvavartī battalion in Baneshworbāneśvaramā pārśvavartī dalako vyāreka219PCRIND_0011/0214
119Construction of a roof over the arsenal in Tundikhelṭũḍīkhela kotakhānā agāḍīko pālī221PCRIND_0011/0216
120The price of garments for soldierspalṭaniyā javānakā lugāko mola222PCRIND_0011/0217
121Regulation on preventing animal killing during holy daysparvadinamā paśuhiṃsā nagarne niyama223PCRIND_0011/0218
122Management of supporting money for death rituals of Rāṇās living in the hills and the Madhesapahāḍa madhesakā rāṇājīko antya bāre bandovasta224PCRIND_0011/0219
123Establishment of Nepal Banknepāla byāṅka225PCRIND_0011/0220
124Construction of a town hallṭāunahāla227PCRIND_0011/0222
125Waiver of rail, ropeway and trolley freight charges for saltnūnako rela, ropave, ṭralī bhāḍā māph228PCRIND_0011/0223
126People rescued after the massive earthquakemahābhūkaṃpoddhāra231PCRIND_0011/0226
127Management in the militaryjaṅgītarphako bandovasta251PCRIND_0011/0246
128New regulations and arrangements of the platoonspalṭanasambandhī nayā̃ aina ra intijāma251PCRIND_0011/0246
129Increase and decrease of platoonspalṭana thapaghaṭa258PCRIND_0011/0253
130Arsenal for the armyphaujī hātahatiyāra khajānā258PCRIND_0011/0253
131Dresses for the platoons and other apparatuspalṭanako pośāka ra tānāvānā260PCRIND_0011/0255
132Training of the platoonspalṭanako tālima263PCRIND_0011/0258
133Honours (medal, rank, reputation)padavī (takmā, māna, ijjata)265PCRIND_0011/0260
134Ojasvī Rājanyaojasvī rājanya266PCRIND_0011/0261
135Nepāla Pratāpavardhakanepāla pratāpavardhaka266PCRIND_0011/0261
136Nepālatārānepālatārā267PCRIND_0011/0262
137Triśaktitriśakti267PCRIND_0011/0262
138Gorakhā Dakṣiṇa Bāhugorakhā dakṣiṇa bāhu267PCRIND_0011/0262
139Dīrgha Sevā Paṭṭadīrgha sevā paṭṭa267PCRIND_0011/0262
140Gajendramokṣagajendramokṣa268PCRIND_0011/0263
141Bhūkaṃpoddhārabhūkaṃpoddhāra268PCRIND_0011/0263
142Rajata Jayantīrajata jayantī268PCRIND_0011/0263
143Honours obtained by Śrī 3 Mahārājaśrī 3 mahārājalī prāpta bhaekā padavīharū269PCRIND_0011/0264
144Nepalesenepālako269PCRIND_0011/0264
145Supradīpta Mānyavara Nepālatārāsupradīpta mānyavara nepālatārā269PCRIND_0011/0264
146Projvala Nepālatārāprojvala nepālatārā269PCRIND_0011/0264
147Ati Prabala Gorakhā Dakṣiṇa Bāhuati prabala gorakhā dakṣiṇa bāhu269PCRIND_0011/0264
148Ojasvī Rājanyaojasvī rājanya269PCRIND_0011/0264
149Atula Jyotirmaya Triśaktipaṭṭaatula jyotirmaya triśaktipaṭṭa269PCRIND_0011/0264
150Honours obtained from foreign countriesvideśī rāṣṭraharūbāṭa prāpta bhaekā padavī270PCRIND_0011/0265
151From Great Britaingreṭa briṭenako270PCRIND_0011/0265
152K.C.I.E.ke. sī. āī. ī.270PCRIND_0011/0265
153G.C.I.E.jī. sī. āī. ī.270PCRIND_0011/0265
154Honorary Lieutenant General British Army, Honorary Colonel of all the Gorkha Rifles Regiments Indian Armyanarerī lephṭenyānṭa janarala bṛṭiśa ārmī, anarerī karṇela aph al dī gorakhā rāiphala rejimenṭs inḍiyan ārmī271PCRIND_0011/0266
155G.C.S.I.jī. sī. es. āī.271PCRIND_0011/0266
156From Italyiṭalīko272PCRIND_0011/0267
157G.C.S.S.M.L.jī. sī. es. es. em. el.272PCRIND_0011/0267
158From Francephrānsako273PCRIND_0011/0268
159G.C.L.H.jī. sī. el. ec.273PCRIND_0011/0268
160From Belgiumbeljiyamako274PCRIND_0011/0269
160G.C.L.jī. sī. el.274PCRIND_0011/0269
161From Chinacīnako275PCRIND_0011/0270
162Pavting Shun Chiyanpāvaṭiṅga śun ciyān275PCRIND_0011/0270
163Lu Chu Yan Syang Cyanglu cu yān syāṅg cyāṅg275PCRIND_0011/0270
164From Germanyjarmanīko276PCRIND_0011/0271
165G.K.R.K.jī. ke. ār. ke.276PCRIND_0011/0271
166From the Netherlandsnīdaralyānḍako277PCRIND_0011/0272
167G.C.N.L.jī. sī. en. el.277PCRIND_0011/0272
168Management of allowances according to the rankspadavī (darjā) anusārako bhattāko bandovasta278PCRIND_0011/0273
169Nepāla Pratāpa Vardhakanepāla pratāpa vardhaka278PCRIND_0011/0273
170Nepāla Tārānepāla tārā279PCRIND_0011/0274
171Triśaktitriśakti279PCRIND_0011/0274
172Gorakhā Dakṣiṇa Bāhugorakhā dakṣiṇa bāhu280PCRIND_0011/0275
173Dīrghasevā Paṭṭadīrghasevā paṭṭa280PCRIND_0011/0275
174Travel to the Madhesa Tarāīmadhesa tarāī tarpha savārī281PCRIND_0011/0276
175Visited districtssavārī bhaekā jillāharū282PCRIND_0011/0277
176Hunting programme during the visitsavārīmā bhaeko sikāra282PCRIND_0011/0277
177Special events during the huntssikāramā bhaekā viśeṣa ghaṭanā283PCRIND_0011/0278
178Much hunting in a few daysthorai dinamā dherai sikāra283PCRIND_0011/0278
179Hunting of a big leopardṭhulo cituvāko sikāra283PCRIND_0011/0278
180Hunting six tigers within a single circleyauṭai gherāmā cha bāghako sikāra283PCRIND_0011/0278
181Hunting many tigers in a single dayeka dinamā dherai bāghako sikāra284PCRIND_0011/0279
182Hunting a big tigressṭhulo baghinīko sikāra284PCRIND_0011/0279
183Hunting many wild animals in one seasoneka sījanamā dherai sikāra284PCRIND_0011/0279
184Casualties during the huntssikāramā parna āekā durghaṭanā285PCRIND_0011/0280
185Added topicsthapiekā viṣayaharū291PCRIND_0011/0286
186Pension for military and civil servantsjaṃgī nijāmatīmā pensana301PCRIND_0011/0296
187Establishment of the Supreme Court and Courts of Appealpradhāna nyāyālaya apīla aḍḍā305PCRIND_0011/0300
188On gamblingjūvā307PCRIND_0011/0302
189Improvements in customary practices regarding the one-year mourning periodbarkhī bārne rītiko sudhāra308PCRIND_0011/0303
190Added topicsthapiekā viṣayaharū309PCRIND_0011/0304
191Improvements and management in many areasdherai viṣayaharūmā sudhāra ra bandovasta319PCRIND_0011/0314
192Rise of minting in the mint officesṭakasāramā minṭako unnati327PCRIND_0011/0322
193Promotion of domestic professionsgharelu ilamako pracāra328PCRIND_0011/0323
194Added topicsthapiekā viṣayaharū332PCRIND_0011/0327
195On waterpānīko viṣaya334PCRIND_0011/0329
196On agriculturekṛṣitarphako viṣaya335PCRIND_0011/0330
197Added topicthapieko viṣaya337PCRIND_0011/0332
198Worships and dances of deitiesdevatāko pūjāājā nācako339PCRIND_0011/0334
199Added topic related to the postal servicethapieko hulākako viṣaya341PCRIND_0011/0336
200Presschāpākhānā342PCRIND_0011/0337
201Added topic on pitched roadsthapieko pīcaroḍko viṣaya343PCRIND_0011/0338
202Dharaharadharaharā344PCRIND_0011/0339
203Establishment of Jātīya Kalāśālā, a museum in Chaunijātīya kalāśālā (ajavaghara myūjiyama)345PCRIND_0011/0340
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Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

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Width, height, and unit: 33.3; 21.6; cm
No. of folios: 177
Material, binding, and colour: mill-made paper; bound; light brown
Condition: good; complete

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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_0011_1 to PCRIND_0011_364 in DWork
Running no., exposures: 364

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