Source: www.onlinekhabar.com
Author: Rajkumar Dikpal
When the situation came, Kazi Abhiman Singh Rana had to cut Karbir Pandey. Rajyalakshmi, the youngest queen of King Rajendra, who was in power at that time, ordered to cut off these qazis. According to the queen's order, the alleged killer of her beloved Kazi Gagan Singh, Birkeshar Pandey, had to be killed immediately, said Abhiman Singh Rana.
V.S. On 3 August 1903, the then powerful Qazi (Minister) Gagan Singh was mysteriously assassinated. In order to find the killer, the officials were ordered to gather at Kot and blow the bugle. However, Abhiman Singh was reluctant to cut Birkeshar, saying that such a thing could be done only after the red seal of King Kayalanama came.
The situation was becoming very tense. The then Mulkaji, i.e. Prime Minister Fatya Jung Shah, was also brought to Kot. He reminded the queen as much as he could. The queen herself drew her sword and tried to cut off the head of Virkeshar Pandey. At that time, Fatya Jung, Dalbhanjan and Abhiman Singh barely reminded the queen and took her upstairs.
Seeing such fear of Kot, Kazi Abhiman Singh Rana, who had come with his subordinate army personnel to save himself, was stopped by the guard. At the behest of Jung Bahadur, another army officer attacked Abhiman Singh in the chest. As Abhiman Singh falls, he reveals his secret and shouts, "There is a war to kill Gagan Singh."
Who will listen to the name of Abhiman Singh Rana as Gagan Singh's killer in the Kot Parva organized in a big strategy?
Thus, with the last breath of Abhiman Singh Rana Magar at the Kot Festival, the old high-level political legacy of the Magars with the then state power also came to an end.
Abhiman Singh was one of the ministers in the cabinet led by Fatya Jung along with three platoons. At that time, Fatya Jung had three regiments and Gagan Singh had seven regiments (same: 189).
Magar's old legacy
History Reading Baburam Acharya's' Brief Biography of His Majesty King Prithvinarayan Shah '(2061: 6) shows that when the descendants of Jain Khan, the ancestor of Nepal's former dynasty, were divided into five Thakurais, they settled in the Magars' settlement. In that too, Drabya Shah, B.Sc. Around 1616, he established a kingdom in Gorkha.
According to Acharya (2061: 12), the Magars of Gorkha started progressing from the time of Ram Shah. During this time, Siddha Lakhan Thapa Magar made Manakamana a holy place. It is true that Gangaram Rana was made an officer of the Department of Justice during the reign of Drabya Shah. Reading Acharya (2061: 126), it is known that Prithvinarayan Shah's journey to Benaras was also attended by dignitaries like Jasivant Rana and Devu Rana.
However, there is written evidence that the Magars had an important political legacy in their place four hundred and fifty years before the time of Drabya Shah.
Dhanbajra Bajracharya and Mahesh Raj Pant were mentioned in the footnote by historian Gyanmani Nepal as mentioned in 'Nepal Nirupana' (2055: 125-126). The name and surname 'Sohav Rane' has been found in the place of Jhanteshwar Mahadev found in western Nepal in 1157 BS. There is evidence that Sohab Rane was an important Magar personality as the word 'Magvarvishaya' was mentioned in the copperplate and one of them was Sohav Rane.
As the copperplate mentions 'Ida Bhavo Dhaknap and Sohav Rane', he was the first of the Panchali Guthiars to have the surname Bhavo or Bhao. A second local man and a third Rana Magar appear. Nepal has mentioned in this copperplate that it is called 'Magvarvishaya', so it can be said that Jhanteshwar was located in Magarat of Gandaki region of western Nepal. This proves that the Magar text was of historical significance.
'Magarat' accepted by Prithvinarayan Shah
Reading the 'Divine Sermon of Bada Maharaj Dhiraj Shri 5 Prithvinarayan Shah' (2061: 28-59) edited by Baburam Acharya and Yogi Narharinath, it is clear that Prithvinarayan Shah accepted 'Magarat'. Here Prithvinarayan says that he is the king of Magarat.
He also gave this sermon to his grandfather (a man who took care of him from his childhood) Surath Singh Rana at the Nuwakot Durbar as a witness. Accordingly, Prithvinarayan Shah expressed his intention to become the 'King of Nepal' with his uncle Palpali Yuvaraj Udyot Sen, who had reached Gorkha with the intention of visiting various places of pilgrimage including Pashupatinath and Gorakhnath.
When Prithvinarayan Shah reached Makwanpur and returned to Gorkha through the Chandragiri hills empty-handed, he saw the state of Nepal (Kathmandu Valley) and looked at the state. This is the reference he made to Mama Udyog Sen.
When Mama asked him what kind of army he had, he said that he had Brahmin, Khas, Magar and Thakuri armies. Then the uncle called the ‘Brahmin’s rider’ the vail (bull). It seems to be a sin, Thakuri's rider is Singh. The horse of the Magar is called Tagan horse. It is slow. The rider is a fresh Turkish horse. I would like to ride a horse. '
In this, Magar is called a slow caste. This reference also comes in the time of Narabhupal Shah. This will be mentioned again.
In Gorkha, Prithvinarayan Shah had assigned Arjyal, Khanal, Pandey, Pant, Bohara and Rana Magar while determining the six-storied house. According to his tradition here, Kazi Abhiman Singh Rana was in a high position in Kot Parbat.
Prithvinarayan Shah gave the children of Pandey, Basnet, Pant and Magar of Gorkha important responsibilities to their children after their death and even if they paused to die. He was instructed to kill and send to the toughest battles.
Salt straighteners
Prithvinarayan Shah, during the expansion of the state, became king one year after he became king. In 1800, Biraj Thapa Magar and Gaureshwar Panth were sent to attack Nuwakot under Kantipur. However, they returned to Gorkha without any achievement. However, Prithvinarayan Shah succeeded in attacking Nuwakot for the second time.
Reading the mouthpiece of the Department of Archeology 'Prachin Nepal' No. 21 (November, 2029: 27), it is found that Devu Rana, Jaswant Rana, Narkeshar Thapa Granji, Narbir Ale, Sakrajit Thapa, Suget Rana, Mansingh Ale, Rudradev Thapa Pulami and many other Magar troops were deployed in Nuwakot.
From Gorkha, Prithvinarayan Shah attacked Nuwakot with an army including a large number of crocodiles. On the other hand, Gorkhali Qazi Jayant Rana of Narabhupal Shah's time had fled from Gorkha and settled in Nuwakot under Kantipur.
History According to Shiromani Baburam Acharya's book 'A Brief Biography of His Majesty King Prithvinarayan Shah' (2061: 74), Narabhupal Shah planned to invade Nuwakot only once during his reign. This plan was supported by the then Minister Maheshwar Pantha.
At that time, the population of Magars was increasing in Sindhupalchowk and Nuwakot. As they were not afraid of even the king of Kantipur, Kashiram Thapa, a herdsman from Palanchok, was made the nobleman of Nuwakot to control them.
On the orders of Narbhupal Shah, Nuwakot was attacked under the command of Kazi Maheshwar Panth and Sardar Jayant Rana. But the Gorkhali side was defeated. After this defeat, Maheshwar Pantha hurriedly returned to Gorkha and said that the reason for the defeat was the sluggishness of the Magars. When Jayant was fired before he could reach Gorkha, he fled from Gorkha and settled in Kotgaon, southeast of Nuwakot. He later became the nobleman of Nuwakot.
According to Acharya (2061: 165-167), Prithvinarayan sent his men to summon Sardar Jayant of Purvagorkhali. But Jayant said to Prithvinarayan Shah, "Yes, I am your servant." However, he sent a message saying, "I ate Jaiprakash Malla's salt. I can't leave the salt." Sending such a message, he went to King Jayaprakash Malla of Kantipur to appeal for more troops to fight Gorkhali.
His son Shankhamani was a general in the Mahamandal. Gorkhali was attacked. Shankhamani was killed by Prithvinarayan Shah's brother Dalmardan Shah's sword. Thus V.S. On 15 September 1801, Nuwakot came under the control of Gorkha.
After that, Jayant started living in Belkot in a state of grief even after the miscarriage. Prithvinarayan Shah raided his military camp. He himself climbed on the doli and moved forward to attack. However, Prithvinarayan Shah was preparing to return from the battlefield when the Gorkhali side suffered heavy losses. At that time, Kalu Pandey reached the battlefield with a large army. They grabbed Jayant and brought him back, and took his life by skinning him alive.
If he had joined the Gorkhali faction when Prithvinaran Shah called him, he would not have had to die so harshly, perhaps he would have got the benefit he wanted. But, he honestly straightened the salt, and lost his son, was skinned alive by the enemy and sacrificed.
Lohari Rana and Jasbu Rana seem to have been active among the Magar rulers during the time of Narabhupal Shah. These two Magar Bhardars were also present among the nine Gorkhali witnesses who were given land rights by Narabhupal Shah to Ramu Ghale of Manbu village in Gorkha.
V.S. The copy of this copperplate, issued on 17th June, 1796 BS, was received by the author through Sir Ghale, a descendant of the Ghale family. Along with the names of Lohari and Jasbu Rana Magar, the name of Shivaram Basnet (Shivaram Singh Basnyat) is also mentioned in the copperplate. Abhiman Singh Basnet, popularly known as Bir in Nepali history, is a descendant of Shivaram.
But Qazi, who cut
Among the Magar Qazis who have carried the old political legacy from the Gorkha Durbar, the famous Qazis do not seem to have died in time. During the reign of King Ranbahadur Shah, a very skeptical figure in Nepali history, some crocodiles also fell when the famous princes were killed in a fit of rage.
According to Gyanmani Nepal's 'Mahabharat of Nepal' (2052: 48-49), Kirtiman Singh Basnet was Mulkaji when Ran Bahadur Shah's Mahili Maharani Suvarna Prabha was powerful in the court. He thought of breaking up with the queen. Basnet left the palace at night and was going home on the way to Hattisar. On 6 September 1858, he was beheaded by Nirkanjan Khawas and Samadatta Shahi. The killers fled.
Suvarna Prabha called a meeting. The Chautaris Sher Bahadur Shahi and Bam Shah raised questions about Kirtiman Singh's assassination, but no one was able to speak. Shrikrishna Shah, Bidur Shahi and Kazi Damodar Pandey, who were under suspicion in the murder plot, were rescued. Ranjit Pandey, Rankeshar Pandey, Garbhu Khawas and Indrasingh Khawas were killed.
Three Magar officials were also involved in the incident. Among them, Sardar Pratiman Rana was hacked to death. Devdatta Thapa Magar was blindfolded and Prabal Rana was imprisoned in an iron cage.
Among them Kazi Devdatta Thapa Magar and Pratiman Rana B.Sc. It is known from reading the mouthpiece of the Department of Archeology, 'Ancient Nepal', number 24 (Shravan, 2030: 3) that he led the Nepalese delegation to the Chinese capital with the gift after the war against China and the war fought jointly by China after 1846 BS.
Accordingly, it can be understood that these two Magars also played the role of Nepali Ambassador in the early stages of the expansion of Nepal's international relations. Looking at page 2 of the same issue of this mouthpiece, Sardar Prabal Rana and Bhaskar Rana fought in Kerung during Nepal's war against Tibet and China.
According to Gyanmani Nepal's 'Mahabharat of Nepal' (2052: 56-57), Prabal Rana, who later saved the country, decided to flee the country to save his life. When King Ran Bahadur Shah returned to Nepal after Kashibas, he had accompanied Damodar Pandey to Thankot to welcome him. He was arrested along with Damodar and remanded in custody in Bhadrakali. He advised Damodar to flee at night, but Damodar refused to flee. He escaped on the pretext of diarrhea and reached Gorakhpur to save his life.
During the power struggle between Maharani Rajendra Laxmi and her brother-in-law Rajkumar Bahadur Shah at the palace, Sarbajit Rana, who was appointed as Mulkaji from Rajendra Laxmi, also had to be cut down and die prematurely. According to Gyanmani Nepal's 'Mahabharat of Nepal' (2052: 19-20), at the request of Guru Gajraj Mishra, Bahadur Shah, who was in jail at that time, was released from bondage but he was powerless. At the same time, it was rumored that the queen had an affair with Kazi Sarvajeet. V.S. In August 1835, Bahadur Shah, with the help of his uncle Daljit Shah and Bhardar Shri Harsh Pantha, forced the eight guards to surround the palace. Rajendra Laxmi was imprisoned on the same charge with a silver nail. After this, Bahadur Shah became Sarvesarva.
Prithvinarayan Shah's policy was not to kill his henchmen, but to send them to a difficult battle even if they had made a mistake. However, although Bahadur Shah seems to have adopted many of his father's policies, he seems to have failed in the assassination. He has a history of cutting off Kazi Swarup Singh Karki as well as Kazi Sarbajit Rana.Magar in armed rebellion
Kazi Abhiman Singh Rana, who became the first victim of the Kot Festival, shouted at Sangeen after his piercing his chest, "Gagan Singh's killer is Jange". He openly started the internal preparations for the war against Jang Bahadur by taking his name.
Reading Year 12 Issue 5 (December 1980: 72-75) of the Regmi Research Series, it is learned that Lakhan had given the post of General to Jaysingh Chumi Magar, Biraj Thapa Magar, Juthya Thapa Magar and Jitman Gurung to assassinate Jung Bahadur.
At that time, Lakhan also built a fort-like house surrounded by a wall eight cubic wide and 16 cubic high. He was promoted to B.Sc. On 26 March 1932, the Bhote Army, equipped with shields and swords, also joined. He planned to make Upendra Bikram Shah king and to become the second person, the prime minister, and to assassinate Jang Bahadur in Tarku and Manangbesi. If that did not work out, they would go to Tibet to seek help.
The mouthpiece of the Department of Archeology, Ancient Nepal (April 2031: 15-16), mentions khan Thapa as the incarnation of Lakhan Thapa in the Gorkha area.
However, as mentioned there, I will worship here like the first Lakhan Thapa. When the five build a house and come to the house of the second Lakhan Thapa to worship Manakamana from the village, people will stop worshiping Manakamana. What is clear from this is that Lakhan was not a scoundrel but was popular at that time.
Jang Bahadur's son Padma Jung Rana, in the streets of Gorkha, disguised as a jogi, condemned Lakhan Thapa for looting the people, semi-insane, traitor and revolutionary. However, he also mentioned that Lakhan Thapa has succeeded in building 15 hundred companies, i.e. 15 companies. If Padma Jung's language is to be believed, is it possible for the so-called 'one-maniac and a robber' to build such a large military force?
Thus, Lakhan Thapa, along with some of his colleagues, shouted against the then ruler Jung Bahadur, who was sucking the blood and sweat of the then Nepali people by initiating worldly rule, drafting racist laws and serving the imperialist power. Sacrifice had to be made on February 2, 1933. Jang Bahadur had mobilized the Devidatta platoon and arrested Lakhan and his associates and sentenced them to death at Thapathali Durbar.
When Lakhan revolted in such a systematic manner, he may have recalled the political legacy established by his Magar ancestors, which ended after the loneliness of Jung Bahadur.
Due to the significant number of Magars participating in the Maoist People's War and its main base areas being Rolpa and Rukum, the Magars may have dared to take up arms against tyranny like him, remembering the legacy of their pro-rebel Lakhan Thapa.
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