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	US Bazaar.com : Encyclopedia Pages : Gurkha War
		General Amar Singh Thapa was initially reluctant to go to war with the British.
		Further west, general Amar Singh Thapa overran lands as far as the Kangra - the strongest fort in the hill region – and laid siege to it (although by 1809, Ranjit Singh the ruler of the Sikh state in the Punjab, had intervened and drove the Nepalese army east of the Sutlej river).
		Amar Singh Thapa would take no part in the campaign – he had retired to a temple, dying shortly after the war ended.
	encyclopedia.us-bazaar.com /?title=Gurkha_War (2419 words)

	Expansion of Nepal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Bhimsen Thapa, then sent a troop under the command of his father Amar Singh Thapa, in 1806 A.D. to Palpa, and thus Palpa, the last of the Chaubisi Rajya was annexed to the kingdom of Nepal.
		Amar Singh Thapa was entrusted with the task of defending the west.
		Bhimsen Thapa was born in 1775 A.D. at Borlong.
	www.infoclub.com.np /nepal/history/history_expansion.htm (6471 words)

	Nepal - The Enclosing of Nepal
		General Amar Singh Thapa moved farther west and during a three-year campaign defeated or bought off local princes as far as Kangra, the strongest fort in the hills.
		Amar Singh Thapa spent several years putting down rebellions in Garhwal and Kumaon, towns that submitted to military occupations but were never fully integrated into Gorkha.
		Amar Singh Thapa claimed lowland areas of Kumaon and Garhwal as part of his conquests, but David Ochterlony, the British East India Company's representative in the west, kept up constant diplomatic resistance against such claims, which were not pressed.
	countrystudies.us /nepal/11.htm (1317 words)

	Opinion (Spotlight Weekly) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Bhakti Thapa is perhaps among the very few who stunned the whole world by his boundless courage, great love for the country, and total devotion to the cause of raising high the pride and prestige of the Great Nepal.
		The subsequent events help to explain that he might have come to persuade Amar Singh Thapa on behalf of all the brave commanders prepared to sacrifice their life for the country to pursue more aggressive methods to deter the enemy from overrunning the motherland.
		At the height of the unification campaign Bhakti Thapa stationed at Almora was directly ruling the entire region to the west of the Chepe-Marshyangdi to spearhead the campaign for further expansion of the Great Nepal.
	www.nepalnews.com.np /contents/englishweekly/spotlight/2004/feb/feb06/opinion.htm (1763 words)

	Amar Singh Thapa Information
		Amar Singh Thapa was the General of the Nepalese forces of western front in the Anglo-Nepalese War.
		Carried out small wars, especially with King of Punjab, Ranjit Singh engaged in defending the western fronts of Nahan, Chamba, Almora, Kangra, Saharanpur, Dehradun against his British counterpart General David Ochterrlony.
		He was not in favour of the Sugauli Treaty but of a temporary armistice so that after some time it would have been possible to claim on the Nepalese possessions ceded to the British.
	www.bookrags.com /Amar_Singh_Thapa (137 words)

	Opinion (Spotlight Weekly)
		According to Khanduri, Bhakti Thapa had impressed the Gorkha commanders during the War of Consolidation and joined those who were to be the eventual rulers of Nepal.
		Bhakti Thapa was known in the past mainly as a patriot who laid down his life at the age of 74 defending the country.
		The newly discovered letters from the King to Bhakti Thapa have revealed the facts that in 1790s when the western boarder of the Great Nepal had almost hit the Sutlej river, Bhakti Thapa stationed at Kumaun (now India) was the administrator and supreme commander of the whole region to the west of the Chepe-Marshyangdi.
	www.nepalnews.com /contents/englishweekly/spotlight/2003/jan/jan17/opinion.htm (1501 words)

	Maharaja Ranjit Singh:Other campaigns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ranjit singh was virtually made master of all the territory to the west of Satluj.
		Ranjit Singh's forces fought with Gurkhas in Kangra Valley in the end the Gurkha leader Amar Singh thapa fled leaving the field to the Sikhs.
		Ranjit singh entered the fort of Kangra and held a royal Darbar which was attended by the hill chiefs of Chamba, nurpur, Kotla, Shahpur, Guler, Kahlur, Mandi, Suket and Kulu.
	www.allaboutsikhs.com /Sikh-History/Maharaja-Ranjit-Singh-Other-campaigns.html (860 words)

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		Kaji Amar Singh Thapa had been deputed to defend the district of Simla in the western part of the kingdom.
		After arriving in Kathmandu, Mathbar Singh Thapa stayed at a public rest-house, declaring that he would not enter into his residence until his family was cleared off the charges that had been framed against it.
		Appointment Of Mathbar Singh Thapa as Prime MinsterX From King Rajendra, To Mathbar Singh Thapa Bahadur, son of Nain Singh Thapa, grandson of Ambar Singh Thapa, redident of Gorkha.
	www.thdl.org /texts/reprints/regmi/regmi_03.doc (20285 words)

	socialtreks.com - responsible trips in Nepal - itineraries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ujir Singh Thapa who commanded the army in the region was in an extremely trying situation at the time.
		Amar Singh Thapa, another great champion of the Anglo-Nepal war, had great affinity for Tansen as well.
		He brought highly skilled artisans from Kathmandu Valley to build the Amar Narayan temple when he was the governor of the town.
	www.socialtours.com /guide/destination/outside_kath/tansen.htm (668 words)

	Twin towers of Kathmandu \| Feature \| wavemag.com.np (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Shah and his protégées, Bahadur Shah, Rana Bahadur Shah, Amar Singh Thapa, Bhimsen Thapa and others managed to save the lap of the Himalaya and the people from being ruled by the British but compromises had to be made.
		The first Dharahara built by Bhimsen Thapa at the height of his power in 1824 AD was such an example.
		Bhimsen Thapa, the first prime minister of modern-day Nepal, was the son of Kaji Amar Singh Thapa.
	www.wavemag.com.np /issue/article85.html (456 words)

	.·´`·.·´¯`·.› Maharaja Ranjit Singh ...
		Sahib singh shut himself at the fort of Sodhran and the siege of the fort was laid.
		Sada kaur exploited the position of Ranjit singh and she was the ladder by which Ranjit singh reached the climax of his power.
		In March 1808, Lord Minto, the Governor-General, wrote, "Although as a principle, we cordially recognize the wisdom and the justice of abstaining from all interference's in the contests, disputes, and concerns of states with which we are unconnected by the obligations of alliance, and are fully convinced of the embarrassment and inconvenience of extending.
	www.unitedpunjab.co.uk /f16/maharaja-ranjit-singh-10695 (11049 words)

	Pokhara - Lumbini - Tansen Tours
		It was built in 1807 by Singh Thapa who was a warrior of medieval Nepal.
		It was built in 1814 AD to mark the victory over British India forces by Ujir Singh Thapa.
		Amar Singh Thapa had constructed this temple before building Amar Narayan Temple in1807.
	www.monterosa-nepal.com /culturaltour/pokhara.htm (1801 words)

	Maharaja Ranjit Singh ji
		Desa Singh Majithia was appointed governor of Kangra.
		The fort of Khushab was held by Jaffar Khan, a Baluch chief.
		Shah Shuja was rescued from an undergrond dungeon by Sardar Nihal singh Attariwala.
	www.sikh-history.com /sikhhist/warriors/ranjit9.html (872 words)

	Amazon.com: "Amar Singh": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Reversing the Gaze: Amar Singh's Diary: A Colonial Subject's Narrative of Imperial India by Amar Singh, Mohan Singh Kanota, Lloyd I. Rudolph, Susanne Hoeber Rudolph (Editor)
		Early in his description of the Rajput community, Carstairs quotes a Rajput named Amar Singh, who conjoins patriotism for Mewar or Virbhumi ("Land of Heroes") and loyalty to the newly formed Indian nation within the...
		Amar Singh - MD Report -- Access critical doctor performance information such as certifications and disciplinary actions.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Amar-Singh (588 words)

	About District : Una (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		With the acquisition of Kangra Fort, on the expulsion of the Gurkhas in 1809, JASWAN STATE became subject to Ranjit Singh and in 1815 it was annexed to the Sikh Kingdom.
		It was in the autumn of that year Maharaja Ranjit Singh summoned all his forces, personal and tributary, to assemble at SIALKOT, unluckily the Rajas of Nurpur and Jaswan failed to obey the summons and a fine fixed beyond their resources was imposed on each.
		Mian Udham Singh is married to a cousin of Rai Hira Chand of Babhaur.
	www.indianngos.com /districts/una_about.htm (2082 words)

	The Great Defender Of Nepal: Bhakti Thapa
		Bhakti Thapa joined the unification campaign in 1789 at a time when further advance of the Nepalese force to the west was completely blocked for more than two years by the then powerful kingdom of Jumla.
		The sainikitihas describes that Bhakti Thapa was constantly on a move from one end of this vast region to the other end to prevent the Great Nepal from falling apart.
		Towards the middle of the 1815 Amar Singh Thapa, chief of the Nepalese force fighting in the western front was confined within a small area of the Malaun fort.
	newsblaze.com /story/20060416195948nnnn.nb/topstory.html (1868 words)

	Gurkha Castles
		The Malaon castle near Nalagrah in Solan district was built by Amar Singh Thapa and reminds us of the Gurkha advance into the territories of the western hill states occasioned by the struggle between the states of Sirmour, Hindoor and Kangra for the control of Bara Thakurai-the petty states to the west of Garhwal.
		It is said that Bhakti Thapa of the Gurkha Army did his best to tend off the British soldiers but the superior gunpowder used by the Birtish aarmy led to their defeat.
		Bhakti Thapa fell in the field and the Birtish Army on May 15,1815 captured the fort.
	www.solanonline.com /castles.html (643 words)

	The Tribune - Windows - Featured story
		Sansar Chand II, the Katoch ruler, recaptured the fort from its Mughal governor in 1785.
		Amar Singh Thapa of Nepal besieged it from 1805,
		It was surrendered to Maharaja Ranjit Singh under the treaty of Jawalamukhi in 1846.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2000/20000129/windows/main4.htm (391 words)

	::PeaceJournalism.com - The Peace Media Research Center's e-magazine:: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		True martyrs like Bhakti Thapa without the slightest hesitation had laid down their life for the cause of protecting the freedom and dignity of South Asia in general and our country Nepal in particular.
		Bhakti Thapa, according to Historian CB Khanduri, had impressed the Gorkha commanders during the War of Consolidation and joined those who were to be the eventual ruler of Nepal.
		At the height of this unification campaign Bhakti Thapa was the supreme commander and administrator of the entire territory to the west of the Chepa-Marshyangdi.
	peacejournalism.com /ReadArticle.asp?ArticleID=6822 (1361 words)

	Tansen - City of Nepal
		Amar Narayan Temple: Built in 1807 AD by Amar Singh Thapa, the temple of Amar Narayan is considered an important landmark of Tansen.
		Bhagawati Temple: Built by Ujir Singh Thapa in 1814 AD to mark the victory over colonial British-India forces, the temple is a small structure but holds immense religions importance.
		In the month of august every year, a chariot procession of deities is taken out throughout the town with military honour to observe the historic battle.
	www.sitanepal.com /NepalCities/tansen.php (516 words)

	Himachal Pradesh Forts Attractions, Famous Forts of Himachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh Forts Information: India Line ...
		It was built by the son of Sabha Chand (founder of Baghal State) called Prithvi Singh in the period of 1695 - 1700 and is situated atop a 1273 m high hill.
		The fort also served as the headquarters of the Nepalese General Amar Singh Thapa for eight years from 1806 -1815 before passing into the hands of Rana Jagat Singh of Baghal and Raja Ram Singh of Handur.
		Raja Kishan Singh, who headed the Baghal state from 1840 - 67, added a touch of elegance to the fort when he got it decorated with murals in pahari style.
	www.indialine.com /travel/himachalpradesh/forts.html (740 words)

	Char Dham Yatra,Chardham Yatra in India,Chardham India Yatra,Char Dham Tour,Char Dham Tour India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The shrine of gangotri situated at an elevation of 3200 mts.
		The temple, constructed by the gorkha general amar singh thapa in the 18th century is situated on the back of bhagirathi.
		Amar singh thapa, the gokha commander of garhwal, in the 18th century A.D. constructed this temple.
	www.indiamart.com /garhwal/char-dham-yatra.html (1253 words)

	GarhwalHimalayas.com - History of Garhwal
		Amar Chand Thapa, and his son Ranjor Thapa, began to rule both Garhwal and Kumaon.
		From the records of the temples and the old revenue records it is evident that Hastidal Sah and Sardar Bhakti Thapa were two able administrators of Garhwal between 1803 and 1815.
		In Garhwal itself, Kazi Amar Singh Thapa was for sometime the governor.
	www.garhwalhimalayas.com /feel_garhwal/gorkhainvasion.html (856 words)

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		Built in 1807 AD by Amar Singh Thapa, the temple of Amar Narayan is considered an important landmark of Tansen.
		Built by Ujir Singh Thapa in 1814 AD to mark the victory over colonial British-India forces, the temple is a small structure but holds immense religions importance.
		Before building the Amar Narayan temple in 1807 A.D. Amar Singh Thapa had built this temple.
	www.nepaltravelinfo.com /tansen.htm (848 words)

	Gangotri Travel,Gangotri India Travel,Gangotri Pilgrimage Tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The shrine of Gangotri is situated at an elevation of 3200 m surrounded by deodars and pines.
		Gangotri is surrounded by the mountain peaks of Shivlinga, Satopanth and Bhagirathi sisters.At the legendary source of the river, Goddess Ganga is worshipped in the form of deity.
		The Gangotri temple was built in the early 18th century by a Gorkha commander, Amar Singh Thapa and later rebuilt by the Maharaja of Jaipur.
	www.popular-india.com /religious-india/gangotri-travel.html (316 words)

	Indian Pilgrimages: Make My Trip Tours India
		In the 18th Century, along the right bank of Bhagirathi, Gorkha General Amar Singh Thapa constructed the Gangotri Temple near the spot where Ganga descended on earth.
		Modho Singh, the ruler of Jaipur renovated the temple in the early 20th century.
		The Gorkha General Amar Singh Thapa constructed it in 18th Century, and according to Hindu mythology the Pandavas performed a yajna here to atone the death of their kinsmen in the battle of Mahabharat.
	us.makemytrip.com /indiabest/indian-pilgrimages.htm (612 words)

	Welcome to The Institute of Sikh Studies-->Publications
		Maharaja Ranjit Singh was the only Indian who stopped for ever the gushing tide of invasions from North West side.
		It was Maharaja Ranjit Singh who consolidated the military glory of the Sikhs by introducing western discipline among the Sikhs.
		Secularism of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was different from that of Emperor Akbar or Emperor Ashok.
	www.sikhstudies.org /Periodicals.asp?TtlCod=59 (826 words)

	About Arki
		The Fort Palace was built by his son Prithvi Singh between 1695-1700.
		This Fort was also the Headquaters of the Nepalese General Amar Singh Thapa for 8 Years from 1806-1815, when he was
		The Arki town was developed in a planned manner by Raja Krishan Singh who ruled the state from 1840 to 1867.
	www.hotelpalaceretreat.com /aboutarki.html (211 words)

	Welcome To Punjabkesari.com-Religion
		The Pandavas, it is said, came here to perform the great 'Deva Yajna' to atone for the death of their kinsmen in the epic battle of Mahabharat.
		The Gangotri temple was built in the early 18th century by Amar Singh Thapa and later rebuilt by the Maharaja of Jaipur.
		Gomukh, the identified source of the river Ganga is situated 18 kms further uphill.
	www.punjabkesari.com /religion/HinduShrinesGangotri.htm (278 words)

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