Formal Book Launch : BORDER MAN OF NEPAL
Buddhi Narayan Shrestha
Formal Book Launch.
BORDER MAN OF NEPAL
Launched jointly by three personalities:
– 95 years of age Senior-most Advocate Krishna Prasad Bhandari,
– 92 years old Senior-most Journalist Bhairab Risal and
– 87 years Development Activist Badri Prasad Khatiwada.
During the book launch programme, chief guest of the programme, Senior-most Advocate Krishna Prasad Bhandari said, this book should be read by all to know the information on our boundaries.
As a guest of the programme, Senior-most Journalist Bhairab Risal mentioned, this book is Buddhi Narayan’s thirteenth book. He may write more books in the days to come to make awareness to the Nepali society, especially the new generation.
President of Human Rights Preservation Forum and Development Activist Badri Prasad Khatiwada expressed during his welcome speech that it’s a matter of pride and privilege to organize a programme to launch the book of border expert Buddhi Narayan Shrestha entitled ‘Border Man of Nepal’ by our Forum. The subject matter and content of this book should reach to the high ranking authorities of Nepal government. If the prime minister and ministers read this book, it will help to talk and negotiate with our nieghbour India, on the border issue of Limpiyadhura-Kalapani-Lipulek.
As the author of the book, I mentioned, this has been written in English to provide information and knowledge of the boundary issues of Nepal also to the foreigners. I have mentioned in the book, Junga Bahadur is the only Prime Minister of Nepal till this date that he furiously wrote a letter to Fort William of the Foreign Department of British India Government, sent through G Ramsay of British Legation, on 7th April 1862. Junga Bahadur expressed his exasperation on removal of border pillars, by the British India, located in the east of Gorakhpur. These pillars were erected in the Jamuna village area for years on mutual consent between two nations. But that were removed all of a sudden by the British Surveyors. Consequently, that encroached 110 hectares of Nepali land. This has developed ill-feeling and strong hostility against British regime.
Replying to Junga Bahadur’s letter, the British Governor-General had ascertained the boundary line between Rapti and Mohana River that would get marked with a fine-tuned concrete pillar number-13 to 22 and 98 to 171. Junga Bahadur had made compelled the British to restore the missing Junge pillars on its previous spot. As a field experience I have also narrated that, with this example, our claim and counter-claim may help to restore the missing Junge pillars on its previous spot.
While we had visited Hile Bhanjyang of Ilam district, local resident Pemba Bhotia said to us ‘As I had slept at night as Nepali identity on 8 July 2002; next morning when I got up, I found being transformed into Indian national. On the night of 8 July, while we were in deep sleep, some Indians erected a new small size boundary pillar number 71/22 on that hillock (he pointed by hand). We didn’t know it at night. Next morning when I went just out of home for urination, I witnessed that new pillar has been erected. It caused our six houses including a government sub-customs office (now located in the east of that boundary pillar); transformed to Indian frontier No-man’s Land area to become us as Indians. Such types of on the spot visit experiences, I have included in the book.
Senior Journalist and writer on regional issues, Dhruba Hari Adhikari and Tribhuvan University Retiree Teacher Rameswar Prasad Baral had commented on the book.
During his comment speech, Dhruba Hari Adhikari said, this book has many facts & figures and maps with border interpretation. In one sense, it is an autobiography of a border man of Nepal. In the other aspect, it has included interesting incidents of the boundaries that has described a considerable number of Junge (Jumbo) boundary pillars have been missing from the ground. Some others have been in the dilapidated condition. It has warned the government to resolve the border issues of Nepal with India. Besides, the writer of this book has mentioned that he has visited and inspected on the spot especially Nigeria-Benin border and North-South Korea barbed fencing border line along demilitarized zone (DMZ). Regarding other countries, he has visited Canada-America open border, Malaysia-Singapore land border, Japan-South Korea (Fukuoka-Busan) maritime border. All these have been written with practical experiences. However this book is not exempted from pronunciation, punctuation, and some spelling mistakes. But it has not decreased the value and importance of the book. It is readable to gain the knowledge and information on the boundaries of Nepal.
Another commentator Tribhuvan University Retiree Teacher Rameswar Prasad Baral said, this book has reminded the border encroachment and disappearance of Junge Pillars of Bhatigach village of Morang district, as he had visited this area. He narrated that Buddhi Narayan Shrestha is one of the ambassadors of the nation's overall geography and boundary lines. Although a (Department of National Survey) retiree, he is frequently trending loud in support of the government and its authorities. His knowledge and experience, as used, raise our awareness of the concerns like Kalapani and Susta border issues, as well as of many other missing, lost or trespassed border posts. Generally speaking, a retiree spends their time either with grandkids or is a jetsetter (across the seven seas) or runs and bows around diverse pilgrimage centres. However, his constant undivided trending is against the encroachment of the nation’s boundaries.
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