INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, APRIL 29The bust of late Bahadur Singh Baral, a Nepali poet and an Indian Army veteran, was unveiled at the
premises of the Guru Gorakhnath Temple in Bhagsu, Dari in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India
He established this temple in April 1955.
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Late Baral, who hails from the then Palpa (Now Nawalpur) district,
was a captain in the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Gorkha Rifles of the then British Indian Army
On 16 June 1913, Baral was directly commissioned as a Jamdar in the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Gorkha Rifles
Gradually promoted to Subedar Major, he retired in 1935
After that, from 1935 to 1939, he was active in social reform works as the president of the 'All India Gorkha Association' as well as
president of the 'Gorkha Dhoghbhet/Satsang Pracharini Sabha'.
Captain Late Bahadur Singh Baral
With the advent of WWII, upon the government's request, he re-entered military service and
During this period, he was awarded the rank of an 'honorary captain'.While serving as a Subedar Major, with the start of WWI in 1914, he led
his battalion into battle in France
He was decorated with the 'Member of the Victorian Order (MVO)' and 'Order of British India (OBI)'.During the 1951 revolution, he provided
financial support to the top Nepali Congress leaders including BP Koirala
During the early phase of the revolution, he and his youngest son Khadgajeet Baral (later IGP of Nepal Police and residential Nepali
Ambassador to Myanmar) participated in the Bairgania Sammelan in Bairgania, India.Bahadur Singh is also known for starting the trend of
using the phrase 'Jay Gorakh'.Adept in singing since childhood, Bahadur Singh was known as 'Shankhaswar' in the Gorkha Army
The book 'Baral ko Ansu' is a collection of songs, ghazals, and bhajans composed by him in the Nepali language
There are 168 compositions in this book
This book is considered a collection of patriotic/national, socio-cultural and ethnic awakening, policy-oriented, and religious
songs/ghazals.
Captain Late Bahadur Singh Baral's bust unveiled at the premises of the Guru
Gorakhnath Temple in Bhagsu, Dari in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India
Baral ko Ansu was published in five editions in this order: 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, and 1938 CE
In 1993, it was republished as a new edition by Khadgajeet Baral
The final version of the book, published in 2013, was edited by Dr
Luitel, Head of the Nepali Department of Tribhuvan University.The unveiling program was attended by Dr
Khagendra Prasad Luitel, former MP Dilkumari Rai Bhandari, and Bikram Pandey Kaji, the Goodwill Ambassador of Lumbini, appointed by the
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