The story of a Takma

The story of a Takma

 A story of a kind

At a glance, it seems that this takma belongs to a Muslim ruler. Only Urdu language has been used in it. Nothing is written in any other language. But on one side there is a picture of King Surendra . So we can easily assume that there is a relationship of this kind with Nepal. There is a very interesting story as to why and to whom a Hindu king of a Hindu nation gave Takma written only in Urdu.

Finally, let's go to what is written in Urdu language in this category. The Nepali translation of Urdu written in it is like this.

(Dedicated) On the orders of Sri Maharajadhiraja Surendra Vikram Shah Bahadur and Sri Jung Bahadur Rana Maharaja, the Khalsa soldiers of Jammu who had been in Tibetan captivity for 15 years were freed in the war with Bhot in Samvat 1912 (1855-56). "

What this shows is that during the reign of Jung Bahadur, he did important work not only for Nepal and the Nepali people but also for the soldiers of Jammu who were imprisoned. 56 Khalsa soldiers who had been imprisoned under the Tibetan army for about 15 years were released. Each of those 56 soldiers was given this title to remind them of their revival. It has not been investigated who the 56 soldiers were or where they are. But some titles received by those soldiers have been found.

There was once a Dogra kingdom in present day Himachal Pradesh of India. Bishal was the king of Jammu and Kashmir state, Gulaw Singh. With the dream of Gulawsingh's kingdom expansion, he was sent to attack Bhot in 1841 under the leadership of General Zorawar Singh, who was the governor of Ladakh. But the battle for votes was not easy. Zorawar Singh was killed in the war. Some of the soldiers who went to war were killed and some were taken to Lhasa as prisoners of war. Among these prisoners of war, 34 wanted to stay in South Tibet, while 106 prisoners of war were handed over to the government of Nepal after the end of the Nepal Bhot war during the time of Jung Bahadur. After only 56 out of 106 prisoners of war who reached Nepal expressed their desire to return to Jammu, King Surendra and Shri 3 Janga Bahadur bid farewell wearing this title.

Nepal Bhutan War

B.S. Towards the end of July 1909, Janga Bahadur sent a delegation to China under the leadership of Lieutenant Bhimsen Kunwar. For almost 2 years, Jung did not get any information about the team that went to Peking with the intention of strengthening China-Nepal relations and wishing the new emperor Hong Xiaoquin a successful tenure. When the team, which was supposed to return in 8 months, was worried, suddenly only the leader of the team, Bhimsen Kunwar, returned. According to his information, the Tibetans robbed the goods and killed other members on the way. With the information that he was allowed to return alive because he had a message from the emperor of China in his hand, he also informed that the Nepalis who were voting were robbed and killed in the same way.

In this way, Jung, who heard that the Nepalis who were present at the polls were being brutalized along with the killing and looting of his delegation, immediately prepared to attack the polls. Jung had recruited 14,000 infantry and 1,200 cavalry for war. Also, 80 12-pounder guns, 24 6-pounder guns, as well as mortar and howitzer guns were ordered to be dropped in Kathmandu itself. Kaligarhs were kept ready to prepare the necessary war materials for war including ammunition. As it is extremely cold in Bhota, thousands of Bakkhu, Docha and Bhote hats were also made for the winter. In addition to this, he asked the landlords of Terai to arrange for the necessary ration water for the army and other allies.

B.S. On February 14, 1911, a delegation of Bhot arrived in Kathmandu to participate in the wedding ceremony of Janga Bahadur's son Jitjung with Raja Surendra's daughter Narendralakshmi. On this occasion, Janga Bahadur led a military parade to show the voting delegation. In which 28,000 foot soldiers wearing plain clothes, 1,600 cavalry soldiers, 60 12-pounder guns, 35 6-pounder guns, hundreds of mortar guns and howitzer guns were displayed. In front of the representative of Bhot, Jang informed that he is ready to conclude a treaty to stop the war if he pays one million Nepalese rupees as compensation for the expenses incurred in preparing for the war and the looting during the vote. Otherwise war will start and he also warned to be prepared. But after the delegation informed that only 5 lakhs could be given equal to the looted assessment in the vote, Jung declared war.

B.S. On February 24, 1911, Janga Bahadur addressed the military commanders in Thapathali. He said with passion in front of the soldiers, "You are brave soldiers. Bhote insulted us. He underestimated our power. He looted the wealth of our countrymen and even killed some of them. If this dishonor of ours is right, they will dare to do more atrocities. So how much power is there in our countrymen as well?" I am sending you to war to make him understand that and to take revenge on him for disrespecting our country." Saying that, he left for the war with great enthusiasm.

After the loss of votes and a big loss in almost a year-long battle, B.S. In December 1912, a delegation of votes arrived in Kathmandu with a proposal for a treaty. About 3,500 officers and soldiers died in the one-year-long Nepal Vote War. About 7,000 soldiers died on the Bhote side. When a proposal for a treaty came from the Bhot side and the budget of the Nepalese government was beginning to shrink due to the war, Janga Bahadur was also determined to be ready to conclude a treaty with a suitable proposal.

Finally, after a long discussion, B.S. The treaty between the two countries came to an end on 13th Chaitra 1912. According to the treaty, Bhot will provide ten thousand rupees annually, no tax will be taken from any Nepali businessmen doing business in Bhot, no war between countries and if a third country comes to attack anyone, they will help each other, Sikh soldiers who are imprisoned in Bhot, and Nepali soldiers as well. Return Nepali hats and other bullets belonging to his family and votes. Also send back the Bhot soldiers held by the Nepalese army. To be a representative of the Government of Nepal in Lhasa. In Lhasa, Nepali people will be allowed to do whatever business they want. In case of looting of Nepalis who are voting, payment will be made from voters. If the Nepalese rob the Bhote businessmen, they will take the money from the Nepalese.

This treaty is known as Thapathali Treaty. After this treaty, the Bhot government provided 233,000 Nepalese rupees as compensation to Nepal. In addition, according to this treaty, 10,000 rupees annually by the Nepal government for 100 years B.S. It was still available till 2012.

This treaty was signed by Mr. 3 Janga Bahadur on behalf of Nepal, while Chen Mer Dr. Wang signed it as the representative of the Lama of Potala Darwar as the 11th Dalai Lama of Potala Darwar passed away but a new Dalai Lama could not be appointed.

In this way, Janga Bahadur took revenge for the injustice and tyranny done to the Nepalese in the vote. Later B.Sc. During Ranodweep in 1940, preparations were made to fight against the injustice of voting.

Although the takma shown in the picture was distributed among 56 Dogra war captives, only 2 of them have been found so far. This piece of silver is 42 mm round and weighs about 25 grams. A few years ago this model was put up for sale for £9,000.

sunil ulak