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Bhakti Thapa (born 1741 in Lamjung, Nepal) is a National hero of Nepal. Bhakti Thapa fought against Gorkhali in the battle from the side of Kehari Narayan, the King of Lamjung but later he joined the Gorkhali force. Just two years after the unification of Jumla he was made the supreme commander (Sardar) of the whole Nepalese army stationed to the west of the capital in a vast region that stretched almost up to the Sutlez river, and also the administrator of this vast region. Sardar Bhakti Thapa’s great success in unification of Jumla District made him a legendary figure. He was a patriot involved in the Anglo-Nepalese War. His most important contribution in the war was at the western front of Deothal. In Anglo-Nepal war, Sardar Bhakti Thapa was controlling operation of the whole Western Region of Nepal from the fort of Malaun whereas the fort of Surajgadh was in the south of this fort. As the British force had control over the fort of Deuthal, 1000 yards away from Malaun fort, the whole of the Western Region was at stake which made Sardar Bhakti Thapa to go to the battlefield, taking naked Khukuri and sword on his hand, along with 2000 Nepalese soldiers admist the fierce gun-firing of the British army on April 16, 1815. There was a fierce fighting between the two forces, killing 100 soldiers of Nepalese army while all the officers were killed except only on arsenal. In this battle when Sardar Bhakti Thapa tried to capture a British cannon he was hit by the bullet at his heart. The Major Actorloney, handed over very respectfully to the Nepalese army, the dead body of Sardar Bhakti Thapa after covering it by a wollen shawl. The very next day, his body was cremated with the due state guard of honour. His two wives went Sati (burning herself on the of husband's pyre). Before going to the battlefield, he had handed over his grandson to Bada Kaji Amar Singa Thapa. Sitting at the foot of the flag of Nepal, Bada Kaji Amar Singh Thapa and Ram Das, the son of Sardar Bhakti Thapa, encouraged the Nepalese army looking around at the sight of war. Anglo-Nepal war took a different turn after the end of this war. The way Sardar Bhakti Thapa laid down his life at the Deothal battle has become a legend in the Nepalese history. ==Childhood Legend== According to recent historians Bhakti Thapa was born in 1741. Bhakti Thapa’s family lived in a remote village in Lamjung. Very little is known about the childhood life of Bhakti Thapa. There was, however, an unbelievable incident in the early life of Bhakti Thapa. That incident is virtually like a description from the children’s story book. The full details of that incident had been passed down over the generations. Still many old people in Lamjung are seen telling that incident to their youngsters. That incident is described below. Bhakti Thapa was still a very young boy. One day he was sleeping on a big boulder not far away from his house in a remote village of Lamjung while his flocks of goats grazed the buckwheat field of the neighbour. The old neighbour woman stormed out of her house into the place where Bhakti Thapa was fast asleep in a rage cursing him for his misdeeds. What she saw at that time chilled her blood. Bhakti Thapa was sleeping on a big serpent coiled up on the boulder raising its wide hood high above casting shed that protected the young Bhakti Thapa against the scorching heat of the midday sun. The serpent slowly uncoiled without waking up the boy and descended from the boulder. It disappeared from the sight after slipping into the bushes nearby. The parents of the Bhakti Thapa were terribly distressed when they learnt about the whole incident. They thanked the God for saving the life of their beloved son. The old neighbour woman who saw the whole incident had a completely different opinion. She was convinced that Bhakti Thapa was no ordinary man. He possessed some sort of divine power. She was quick to realize that one day Bhakti Thapa would become a very famous person. The news of this incident quickly spread across the Lamjung and beyond. The big boulder near the native home of Bhakti Thapa in Lamjung is linked up twice with the events in his later life. After some years a grand ritual was performed to solemnize brotherhood relationship ( in Nepali ''metairi'') between Bhakti Thapa and that big boulder. The third event that linked Bhakti Thapa with that big boulder near his native home was the last in his life. It is said that at that very moment during the Anglo-Nepal War when Bhakti Thapa fell in the Deothal Battle field on April 16, 1815, the big boulder near his native home also cracked with loud explosion. The cracked boulder is still lying there. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bhakti Thapa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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