Butwal Sub-metropolitan City has been celebrating this festival to commemorate the historic day on 7th Baisakh, 1872 B.S., when the Nepali Army defeated the British army that came with modern weapons.
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The Jitgadhi Vijay Utsav is being celebrated at the Jitgadhi Fort in Butwal. Lumbini Province Chief Minister Chet Narayan Acharya inaugurated the festival on Monday.
BS. The Butwal Sub-metropolitan City has been celebrating this festival to commemorate the historic day when the Nepali Army defeated the British army that came with modern weapons on 7th Baisakh, 1872.
The victory of the Nepali Army based on the art of war, courage and strategic skills is mentioned in history, which has made Nepal known as 'Bir Gorkhali' in the world. Butwal Sub-metropolitan City Chief Khelraj Pandey said that the aim of the festival is to preserve, promote the historic Jitgadhi Fort and bring the history of bravery to the people.
In the battle that took place in the Jitgadhi area on the banks of the Tinau River in Butwal, the Nepali Army was led by Colonel Ujirsingh Thapa. The British army was led by General Sullivan Wood. Three battalions of the Nepali Army participated in the battle. According to historians, more than three hundred British soldiers were killed in the war.
During the war, Lieutenant Amber Adhikari, Kummedan Vrishsur Thapa, Jamdar Bhimsen Deuja, Jamdar Surbir Bohara, Havaldar Ransur Baniya, Sepoy Hansbir Adhikari, Nakul Baniya and Juthe Basnet were martyred.
According to history, Colonel Ujirsingh Thapa had vowed to build a Bhagwati temple if he won the war. The temple was built in Palpa after the victory in the war and the tradition of organizing a Bhagwati Jatra is still maintained every year.
This fort, located in the lap of the Chure Mountains and on the west bank of the Tinau River, is believed to have been built in the 16th century during the Sen period. Local experts say that after the victory in the war with the British, its name was changed to 'Jitgadhi'. The Lumbini provincial government has spent more than 5 million rupees for the conservation of Jitgadhi.
Similarly, Butwal Sub-metropolitan City has also been organizing the Jitgadhi festival every year and has been carrying out various conservation works. In the festival on Monday, various communities of Butwal presented tableaux, while the Nepali Army presented martial arts.
