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 British Indian Army. He served as a major 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,

Nawalparasi District Nawalparasi District ( ne, नवलपरासी जिल्ला, ), part of which belongs to Gandaki Province and part to Lumbini Province, was one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal before being divided into Nawalparasi (West of Ba ...

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.

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