Short Iformation Of Pokhara

Pokhara Valley was not a developed town as it is today. People from the neighboring hills had not migrated there yet. However, Pokhara was an essential stop for Gurkha soldiers serving in Indian and British Armies. During the First and Second World Wars, thousands of Nepalese soldiers (Gurkhas) fought under the British flag. After the World War II, British left India in 1947 AD. To assist the retired Gurkha soldiers, a Post War Reconstruction Fund (PWRF) was established. The fund had 54 Lakh Indian Rupees in it. The retired Gurkhas living in India were to get 10 Lakh of it and the rest was for the retired Gurkhas in Nepal. In 2013 B.S, the Gurkhas with that fund founded the District Soldiers Board Hospital in Pokhara. Major Bir Singh Gurung led that effort. Later, the government renamed the hospital as Western Regional Hospital. The PWRF fund also helped to open the District Soldiers Board High School in Pokhara that later became Amar Singh High School. In 1960 A.D., the Indian Government opened its permanent pension camp in Pokhara. These developments created an environment for migration to Pokhara valley. Many ex-servicemen families, especially the Gurungs, started migrating to Pokhara

Middle Period Of Nepal History

The middle period in Nepalese history is usually considered coterminous with the rule of the Malla dynasty (10th–18th century) in Nepal Valley and surrounding areas. Although most of the Licchavi kings were devout Hindus, they did not impose Brahmanic social codes or values on their non-Hindu subjects; the Mallas perceived their responsibilities differently, however, and the great Malla ruler Jaya Sthiti (reigned c. 1382–95) introduced the first legal and social code strongly influenced by contemporary Hindu principles.

Startting of Nepal History

One can probably say that Nepal is as old as the Himalayas, when a great lake filled the Kathmandu Valley. One legend holds that this lake was drained by a thunderbolt thrown against the walls of the Valley by the Hindu god Krishna. Another claims it was drained by the patriarch Manjushri as he wanted to get a closer look at a Swayambhu or Adhi-buddha, the beautiful lotus flower resting on the lake. But the recorded history of Nepal does not start until around 800 BC, with the beginning of the Kirat Period. After that was the Lichhavi and Thakuri Period, followed by the Malla Period and finally the Shah Perio.
Before Nepal's emergence as a nation in the latter half of the 18th century, the designation 'Nepal' was largely applied only to the Kathmandu Valley. Thus up until the unification of the country, Nepal's history is largely the history of the Kathmandu Valley. References to Nepal in famous Hindu epics such as the Mahabharata, Puranas and also Buddhist and Jain scriptures, establish the country's antiquity as an independent political and territorial entity. The Vamshavalis or chronicles, the oldest of which was written during the 14th century, are the only fairly reliable basis for Nepal's ancient history. The Vamshavalis mention the rule of several dynasties the Gopalas, the Abhiras and the Kiratas -- over a stretch of centuries. However, no extant historical evidence has yet authenticated the rule of these legendary dynasties. The documented history of Nepal begins with the Changu Narayan temple inscription of King Manadeva I (C 464-505 A.D.) of the Lichavi dynasty.