General Zorawar Singh A- True Valour of Madar Desh- Hero of Unification of the State of Jammu & Kashmir
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Zorawar in local dialect is a masculine name with carried origins and interpretations. The history of the General Zorawar Singh, who served the Dogra tuler of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Gulab! Singh, the founder of the Jammu and. Kashmir State, in. Different capacities for nearly two decades was in fact born on 13th April 1784 in a Dogra Rajput family of Kahlur (the then Bilaspur state,),, which was the. Part of then the United Punjab Province (now falls on the Himachal Pradesh State), left his village at a very young age of just sixteen years and travelled all his way to a pilgrimage destination of Hindus’ religion, at. Haridwar, where he happened to had in contact with A Rana named. Rana Jaswant Singh of Marmat falling in Kishtwar region of Jammu and Kashmir, and joined his services in his army as well. Here he got the traditional training in swordsmanship, as well as archery and as a result he also became a best of the soldiers of the time.. He served as Sepoy of Kiladar of Bhimgarh (now known. As Reasi) where his intellevence, enterprising nature and caurage was well noticed and recognized as well. As a result he had to shoulder bigger role by the Kiladar such as delivering messages to the the Raja of Jammu (as he held such. Position before entering into Amritsar Treaty. In 1846 A. D Maharaja Gulab Singh). He impressed Raja Gulab Singh also with his sincerity and outstanding performances and rore to the position of the Commandrr of Reasi fort, then the Governor as well (then called the Wazir e wazarat) of Kishtwar besides also the Commanding officer of the all forms of North Jammu. According to legends as well as Prof S. D. Charak so laid down in his book on General Zorawar Singh, General Zorawar Singh had three wives. The first was, one from Langeh Rajput house of Amb Gharota village of Jammu who died at the early age. The second and third wives were the real sisters belonging to a Rajput family of Ghai village near Pouni Parakh of present Reasi district. While continuing to rise in ranks steadily and esteem his master ina very short span ,the politics in Lahore Darbar and thr gorm of their contestation with the colonial authority has also started acquirjng new configurations. Raja Gulab Singh, a gracious and ambitious ruler could see the inevitanle declinaton of Sikh power, resulting cropping of chaos and political vacuum thatsould follow the demise of the Sikh rulet. Maharaja Ranjeet Singh of Lahore Darbar. He yherefofe decided to carve out an empire for him. Taking advantages of differences between the two formidable powers (the Lahore Darbar and the Britishers) Maharaja Gulab Singh chose his most valiantGenrral. Zorawar Singh Kahluria to actualize his imerial dream in the trans- Himalya region by despatching him with 4000 infantrymen to dubjugate the territottbetseen Jammu and the Tinetan border in 1839 snd thus egan a story of the most arduous and audacious wars ever waged by any military Commander in the long annals of India. In order to avoid the attention of the Lahore Darbar this was controlling the entire ruling system, Zorawar Singh in his mid 50s had a dip in the holy waters of the world's fascinated lake of Mansrover at the foot of the heavenly abode of Lord Shiva called the great Kailash Mountain , virtually a hevenly abode under the Sanatan religious faith, whilebeing on military expedition to conquer Tibet. What distinguished him from many pilgrims who head to spot even today was that he had just conquered this harash terrain while defeating the Tibetans on their own land. General Zorawar Singh Kahliria (1784-1841) the Governor of Kishtwar (fascinatingly titled with Wazir e Wazarat) and Loyal LieutenaNt to Raja (later became Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir State under the strength of Amritsar Treaty dated 16th March 1846) Gulab Singh of mighty State of Dogra Clad Jammu frim the lineage of Lunar Ishwaku dynasty of Ayudhya (i.e Lord Rama being one of its ancestors); who was pursuing a vision, few men in history would have dared contemplation to extend Jammu Dogra State's frontiers all the way to edges of China. Dubbed the “Napolian of the East” also as the “Little Nepolian of India”, his legendary conquests, leave the footsteps to hold the firm conviction of the National building even today after passage of nearly about double centuries duration. In following the conviction since General Zorawar Singh's conquests, India has guts now to push back against China with eye to eye on the edges of Ladakh forgetting the past preception of “ Hindi Chinee Bhai Bhai” facing back stabs by loosing chunck of 38,000 square kilometers territory in 1962 , but amid military built in the Galwan valley, few realise that India's borders with Tibet and Xinjiang province of China, the Wakhan carridor of Afghanistan and the Khyber Pakhtunistan province of Pakistan, are all the legacy of the great General Zorawar Singh, the hero of the unification of state of Jammu and Kashmir comprising 2,22,226 square kilometers as stood on the day of Independence 25th August 1947. The two solemn resolutions of the Apex Panchyat of Sovereign Indian. Republic (the Paliament of India) as reproduced hereinafter pricks our conscience towards our silence to accomplish the resolves of the inner voice of the Parliament virtually the essence of us the people of India.