About The Kalinga (Khalanga) War Memorial
Dehradun, Uttarakhand
A demonstration of the might of the overcome Gurkha warriors, the Kalinga(Khalanga) war dedication was built up by the British. the somewhat English Gurkha war occurred between the Gurkha troopers and the British armed force in the year 1814. a one of its kind war dedication over the globe, there's little pondering in the way that it sees runs of visitors all over the year. it's a one of its kind commemoration for being the special case that is worked by an armed force to respect its adversary army.Legends have it that the Gorkhas protected the post from the British armed force for a month and a half with no sustenance or water. inspired by their courage, the British troops fabricated a remembrance to respect them
Located at just 5 km's from Dehradun city center at Sahastradhara Road, Khalanga(Kalinga) War Memorial is a famous tourist place in Dehradun which still depicts the brave story of Gorkhas.It is world's first memorial erected by an army for their opponent.It was Britishers who constructed Khalanga(Kalinga) War Memorial in the memory of their General "Gilaspy" and other army men as well as Gorkha General "Balbhadra Thapa" to pay tribute to their courage jointly after the battle of Nalapani which fight in 1814.Khalanga(Kalinga)War Memorial is also known as Kalinga War Memorial or Kalinga(Khalanga) War Memorial.
The Bravery of Gorkha's
In the time of October 1814, Major General Sir Rollo Gillespie of the British armed force had progressed alongside 3,500 troops and eleven bits of the gun to possess the Nepali domains arranged between the Ganges and Yamuna streams in the Garhwal and Kumaon areas that had been involved by the Nepali strengths. Chief Balabhadra Kunwar had kept up his position at 400 cubits high slope in a place called Nalapani, arranged north-east of Dehradun, to check his progress. On Kartik 8, 1871, Bikram Samvat (October 1814), British troops achieved Dehradun. A fight occurred amongst British and Nepali troops at Nalapani on Kartik 10, 1871 B. Samvat. The British were unsuccessful and pulled back to Dehradun. Another fight was battled between the two sides at Nalapani on Kartik 17, 1871 Samvat (ca. Oct 31, 1814). General Gillespie, the British Commander, lost his life in that fight alongside Col. Alice. The attack proceeded for a month until the British, persuaded that they couldn't win by military ways, obstructed the wellspring of water to the fortification so that the Nepalese would bite the dust of thirst. For the Nepali fighter, it was a hard battle battling an extremely all around prepared and prepared armed force, having a place with one of the biggest frontier Empires of the world. Balbhadra Kunwar had requested fortifications from the capital yet Kathmandu couldn't send them any fighters as the Nepali armed force had no hold armed force and were a developing force which implies that they didn't have troops to coordinate the East India Company.The Nepalese armed force was dwarfed in Nalapani as it was in each war zone.
Following 4 days of thirst and a serious loss of troops, without surrendering, Capt. Balbhadra rises up out of the fortification with attracted khukuri his hands (alongside other 70 survivors) and thundered to the British - "You could have never won the fight however now I myself intentionally surrender this fort.There is nothing inside the fortress other than dead cadavers of the kids and ladies"! He and his outstanding troops got away into the slopes on November 30, 1814. A peace bargain was marked on Dec 2, 1815 between the then King Girvan Yuddha Vikram Shah and the British East India Company, known as the Sugauli Treaty. The British soldier-poet, John Ship, had written during the war about the Gorkhas:
"I never saw more steadiness Or bravery exhibited in my life. Run they would not and of death, They seemed to have no fear though their comrades were falling Thick around them, as bold For we were so near to know That every shot of ours told."
Khalanga(Kalinga)War Memorial - A Salute to Gorkha Regiment by Britishers
Well known Gorkha War or Anglo-Nepalese or Anglo-Gorkha War was battled amongst Britishers and Gorkha regiment of Nepal. In Battel of Nalapani, 600 Gorkhas battled courageously against 3000 odd officers in Khalanga(Kalinga) Fort close Nalapani, Dehradun. For a month and a half, Gorkhas were ensuring the fortification without nourishment and water. Awed by the unmatched valiance, Britishers raised the Khalanga(Kalinga) War Memorial to respect Gorkhas.After that Britishers initiates Gorkhas in their armed force as well. This remembrance is under the protection of ASI.
The Kalinga (Khalanga) War Memorial Dehradun, Uttarakhand
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