Major Bahadur Singh Baral (15 April 1892 – 16 October 1962) was a Nepali national

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and a military officer in the First Gorkha Rifle of the

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. He served as a

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in the British Indian Army. He is known for his contributions to Nepali literature. He wrote several poems which comprise ''"Baral ko Asu"'', a poem book written by him. It consists of poems of religion, patriotism, equality, social reforms, and the bravery of the Gorkhalis.

Biography

Baral was born in Chuli Bojha, Deuchuli,

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in a military environment. Both he and his father were majors in the Second Battalion of the First Gorkha Rifle in the British Indian Army, in which Baral had commandeered in

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. He also helped to establish Gorakhnath Temple in Village Dari, near Dharamshala, District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh.

References

1892 births 1962 deaths Gurkhas Nepalese male poets People from Nawalpur District 20th-century Nepalese poets {{UK-mil-bio-stub Nepalese members of the Royal Victorian Order Nepalese recipient of the Order of British India