| Notes | [jaṅgī + aḍḍā] n. army headquarters. According to Kumar this department—created by Prime Minister Jaṅga Bahādura Kũvara Rāṇā after his return from England—"made recruitments, took roll call, issued parole orders, assigned troops for particular purposes, and sent guards and bodyguards for the officers" (Kumar 1967: 101f.). It was under the control of the senior commanding-general of the Western front (paścima tarphakā kamyāṃḍāra janarala) or jaṅgī lāṭha. Its executive head was usually a subbā (ibid.). |
