Khadgajeet Baral ( ne, खड्गजीत बराल) OGDB, OTSP (April 17, 1928 – May 19, 2021) was a

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

ese politician and

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. After serving as the

Inspector General of Nepal Police Inspector, also police inspector or inspector of police, is a police rank. The rank or position varies in seniority depending on the organization that uses it. Australia In Australian police forces, the rank of inspector is generally the ne ...

he also served as Ambassador of Nepal to

Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

and

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(

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

and

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), as a Chief Liaison Officer of the

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(UNTAC), and also as a

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(MP) of

Career in Law Enforcement

Inspector General of Nepal Police

Khadgajeet Baral was promoted to

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(IGP) at the age of 43, becoming one of the youngest

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s in the history of Nepal. He was the first

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police officer to be recommended by the then 'National Public Service Commission' to

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as the Inspector-General of Police. IGP Baral and his predecessor, IGP Rom Bahadur Thapa, are the only pair to remain chiefs for a period of six years, the standard tenure being four years. During his tenure as police chief, Baral was known for his work in the administrative sectors of the

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. The establishments of the ''Kanun Sakha'' and ''Engineering Sakha'' in the Nepal Police Headquarters are a few of his accomplishments. He established the Nepal Police Mountaineering & Adventure Foundation; it conquered many Himalayan peaks, exclusively by Nepalese mountaineers; the Tukuche Himal (6921m) and Pabil Himal (7104m) conquered in 1976 A.D. and 1978 A.D. respectively are prime examples. The construction of the Birendra Police Hospital (present-day Nepal Police Hospital) also commenced in his tenure. I.G.P. Baral's remarkable establishment of the Nepal Police Flying Squad in 1975, which consisted of four imported state-of-the-art vehicles from

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and about a dozen elite Nepalese officers, for crime prevention, is considered admirable even now. I.G.P. Baral was a major reformist in Nepal Police. He had made

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available to all of the low-ranking police

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and made the provision of

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possible. In order to manage the busy traffic in the

Kathmandu valley The Kathmandu Valley ( ne, काठमाडौं उपत्यका; also known as the Nepal Valley or Nepa Valley ( ne, नेपाः उपत्यका, Nepal Bhasa: 𑐣𑐾𑐥𑐵𑑅 𑐐𑐵𑑅, नेपाः गाः)), ...

, he introduced '

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', i.e. traffic police officers on horses.

Ambassador to Burma

During the reign of the then

King Birendra Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev ( ne, श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज वीरेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाह देव ) (28 December 1945 – 1 June 2001) was the tenth Shah Ruler and the King of N ...

, Khadgajeet Baral had been appointed the ''

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of Nepal to

Burma (Myanmar) Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

'' for a six-year tenure.

Ambassador to French Indochina and Indonesia

Khadgajeet Baral had also been accredited the

and

during the same time when he had been the ambassador to

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

. During Ambassador Baral's six-year tenure as an

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ambassador to French Indo-China and Indonesia, there had arisen some political tension between the neighboring countries

and

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. K.J.S. Baral had used this an opportunity to make use of his diplomatic skills to establish

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between Nepal and Indonesia.

Contribution to sports

Baral had also served as the Vice President of the Nepal Badminton Association after his retirement from

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Nepal Judo Association

Baral had served as the President of the Nepal Judo Association for six years during the 1990s. During his tenure as president, many reforms were introduced in Nepalese Judo. During the second 'Rajiv Gandhi International Judo Championship' of 1995, the then President Baral had led a Judo team from Nepal to compete during the championship.

Nepal Hockey Association

Baral is responsible for introducing hockey and making it famous in Nepal, and as such, is regarded as the ''

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of Nepalese Hockey''.

Retired life

''Rtd. Hon.'' Khadgajeet Baral was an active member of "The

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Of Pashupati" and an active golfer at the Royal Nepal Golf Club (RNGC).

References

External links

Official website of Nepal PoliceOfficial Facebook Page of IGP K.J.S. BaralHimalayan Times 2009
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baral, Khadgajeet 1928 births 2021 deaths Nepalese police officers Chiefs of police Inspectors General of Police (Nepal) Nepalese diplomats Ambassadors of Nepal to Myanmar Ambassadors of Nepal to Laos Ambassadors of Nepal to Cambodia Ambassadors of Nepal to Vietnam Ambassadors of Nepal to Indonesia Members of the Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu, First Class Members of the Order of Tri Shakti Patta, First Class Members of the Rastriya Panchayat People from Nawalparasi District