Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh

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Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh
जयपृथ्वी बहादुर सिंह
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Singh in the c. 1900s-1920s
Born(1877-08-23)23 August 1877
Bajhang, Nepal
Died15 October 1940(1940-10-15) (aged 63)
Bangalore, India
NationalityNepali
OccupationHumanist, writer, peace advocate, social activist

Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh (23 August 1877 – 15 October 1940), was a humanist, peace advocate, writer and social activist from Nepal.[1] He devoted his life to social welfare and world peace. He is known mainly for humanitarianism, peace advocacy and human rights advocacy for education. He also contributed to the development of education, literature, journalism and health.

Early life[]

Raja Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh, the eldest son of Khotre Bikram Bahadur Singh and Rudra Kumari Singh (daughter of the then Prime Minister Sri 3 Maharaj Jang Bahadur Rana) of Bajhang vassal State, was born on 20 August 1877 in Chainpur, Bajhang. He was married to Khageshwari Devi daughter of then Prime Minister Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana.[2]

Singh began his education when he was five years old. His creativity became obvious in his early childhood years, and consequently he was moved to the Thapathali Darbar School in Kathmandu at the age of eight. After completing his primary education he was admitted to Durbar High. Jaya Prithvi received her higher education from India. He matriculated from Calcutta University in 1895 and I.A. from Allahabad College in 1897. And graduated in law from the University of Calcutta in 1906.

After completing his studies, Singh established an Ayurvedic hospital for the local people. He established a system of giving Mohiyani haq (law related to landownership) in the society. He constructed many roads and bridges for the facility of the people of the community. He established a primary school where poor children could get an education.

Career[]

Singh's contributions to Education in Nepal is of great significance. He was one of those early educationists who paved the way of modern education in Nepal. In 1963 B.S. he established Satyavadi Pathshala in his own palace at Naksal, Kathmandu. He himself wrote books for the school. His writing 'Aksharank Shiksha' is considered the first textbook of Nepal. The school was aimed to provide administrative education to Nepali people (Those days, there were certification like char pass, and eghar pass, aimed to produce manpower for administrative services. As the Rana rulers were intolerant about education, he shifted the school to Bhojpur of Bajhang just after four years.[3]

Singh brought social reforms and wrote books on different subjects. He is known as "the first person of Nepal to write grammar". He worked with the first Nepalese newspaper, Gorkha Patra.[4]

The authorities scrutinised his activities and Singh was forced to leave the country in 1891. He lived in exile in Bangalore and established The Humanity newspaper and the J.P. Institute. During the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, Singh volunteered to treat the war casualties and was imprisoned by the Italians. He was also imprisoned by the British for his involvement in the revolutionary movement in India.

He died at the age of 63 on 15 October 1940.

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References[]

  1. ^ Singh, Padma B (28 August 1998). "Humanism and Jai Prithvi Bahadur Singh". The Nepal Digest.
  2. ^ Bhandari, Ratan. "जयपृथ्वीको मावली होइन तारुका". Annapurna Post. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  3. ^ "शिक्षाका पथप्रदर्शक". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  4. ^ Lueder, Stefan (2021-11-15). "Of Education, Humanism and Civilizational Progress: An Explorative Study of Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh's Life and Work from the Perspective of 'Global Intellectual History'". Himalaya. 40 (2): 59–78. doi:10.2218/himalaya.2021.6591. ISSN 2471-3716.
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