The Tīrthalāl Naghabhanī Archive (TLA): Tīrthalāl Collection (TLC) [The Family and the Regime]

This includes papers generated by Tīrthalāl ‘s family addressing the regime (applications to government offices, courts, prime ministers, kings,) and those by the regime (court verdicts, notice, letters, memos etc) to Tīrthalāl’s family during various circumstances and transactions.

Custodial history: TLF (Collection inherited by Tīrthalāl through his family) --TLC (Tīrthalāl Collection).

Owner(s) of original material: Rina and Rita Rajbhandari.

The dates, including the use of calendars, in the Listing are as given in the original documents, except where the exact date is not given. The calendars used in the documents are Vikram Samvat (VS), Nepal Samvat (NS) and Śaka Samvat. The use of the terms Sudi and Vadi (waxing and waning halves of the lunar month) have been replaced with Śukla and Kṛṣṇa respectively. To convert VS to CE, subtract 57 (Caitra-Pauṣ) and subtract 56 (Pauṣ-Phāgun) from the VS. Similarly, to convert NS to CE add 880 to NS. And, add 78 to convert Śaka Samvat to CE.

Physical characteristics: NP: Nepali Paper, IP: Indian paper (or any machine made paper); Fol: Folio; Th: Thyāsaphū (Folded book), LB: Patra Saphu (Leaf book); Harital: A mixture of arsenic suphilde, Manaśilā and rice flour glue.

This series contains the following 113 files.

  • EAP760/1/2/1: Subpoena issued to Ṣarīdār Gayalāl(!) Rājbhaḍāri by Special Court, 1884
  • EAP760/1/2/2: Petition by Gayālāl Rājbhaṇḍārī, 1902
  • EAP760/1/2/3: Letter of the Adalat Ṭaksār to Vuddhimān Rājbhaṇḍārī, 1883
  • EAP760/1/2/4: Petition by Vuddhīmān Rājbhaṇḍārī, 1904
  • EAP760/1/2/5: Draft petition against Vasanta Girī by Vuddhimānsiṃ Rājbhaṇḍārī, 1874
  • EAP760/1/2/6: Phirādīpatra (Petition) by Ṣaḍgalāl Rājbhaṇḍārī, 1923
  • EAP760/1/2/7: Ṣaḍgalāl Rājbhaṇḍārī’s petition against ruling by Devānī Dosrā Phāṭ, 1924
  • EAP760/1/2/8: Order on house ownership dispute between Harihar Josī and Vuddhimānsiṃ, 1883
  • EAP760/1/2/9: Response by the three accused of embezzling land, 1924
  • EAP760/1/2/10: Receipt issued by Adālat Ṭaksār to Vuddhīmān Rājbhaṇḍārī, 1883
  • EAP760/1/2/11: Receipt issued by Adālat Ṭaksār to Vuddhīmān Rājbhaṇḍārī, 1874
  • EAP760/1/2/12: Review petition by Ṣaḍgalāl Rājbhaṇḍārī’s, 1924
  • EAP760/1/2/13: Petition by Mohanalāl Śreṣṭa against a court decision of Lalitpur Adālat., 1939
  • EAP760/1/2/14: Petition by Mohanalāl Śreṣṭa against a court decision by Lalitpur Adālat, 1939
  • EAP760/1/2/15: Mohanalāl Śreṣṭa's Petition to the King regarding a family-run Guthi in Bhimphedi, 1937
  • EAP760/1/2/16: Mohanalāl Śreṣṭa's Bīntīpatra (Petition) to the King regarding a family-run Guthi in Bhīmphedi, 1937
  • EAP760/1/2/17: Kṛṣṇamāyā Śreṣṭanī’s petition to King, 1946
  • EAP760/1/2/18: Application by Mohan Lāl Śreṣṭa, 1946
  • EAP760/1/2/19: Part of an application by (Mohaṃlāl Śreṣṭa), c 1945
  • EAP760/1/2/20: Application (Darṣāsta Patra) by Mohaṃlāl Śreṣṭa, 1946
  • EAP760/1/2/21: Application Lalitpur Adālat by Mohaṃlāl Śreṣṭa, 1945
  • EAP760/1/2/22: Receipt by Potā Syāhā Aḍā, 1890
  • EAP760/1/2/23: Receipt by Potā Syāhā Aḍā, 1893
  • EAP760/1/2/24: Receipt of Land tax amount and Gādi Mumāraṣ, 1886
  • EAP760/1/2/25: Receipt by Potā Syāhā Aḍā, 1894
  • EAP760/1/2/26: Receipt by Potā Syāhā Aḍā, 1886
  • EAP760/1/2/27: Notes on two separate Petitions submitted to Cīph Sāhev and Śrī 3 Mahārāj, 1904
  • EAP760/1/2/28: Pṛthvīnārāyaṇ Sāha’s Lālmohar to Kesavsīṃ Pradhān, 1763
  • EAP760/1/2/29: Letter of the Potā Tahasil Aḍḍā, 1932
  • EAP760/1/2/30: Letter from Pāṭan Bhādgāu Vakyautā Tahasīl Aḍā to Kumārī Cok Purānā Ḍhapoṭ Gosvārā Tahavīl, 1905
  • EAP760/1/2/31: Note from Paśupati Gosvārā Aḍā to Ṣaḍgalāl, 1928
  • EAP760/1/2/32: Receipt by Potā Syāhā Aḍā (?), 1883
  • EAP760/1/2/33: Letter from Pāṭaṃ Magatabhaṭṭa Adālat to Gośvārā Tahavil, Kumārī Cok, 1906-1874
  • EAP760/1/2/34: Order Slip by Court Apil Dosrā Phān̐ṭ, 1938
  • EAP760/1/2/35: Application by Nausindā Dīpratna Śreṣṭa, 1936
  • EAP760/1/2/36: Ṣaḍgalāl’s appointment letter, 1927
  • EAP760/1/2/37: Order Slip by Adālat, 1940
  • EAP760/1/2/38: Order Slip by Lalitpur Adālat, 1945
  • EAP760/1/2/39: Petition by Mohanalāl Śreṣṭha to Lalitpur Adālat Tahasīl Aḍā, 1943
  • EAP760/1/2/40: Receipt of petition submitted by Mohaṃlāl Śreṣṭha, 1937
  • EAP760/1/2/41: Envelope addressed to Prime Minister, c 1913
  • EAP760/1/2/42: Receipt issued by Apīl Dośrā for Petition submitted by Mohanalāl Śreṣṭa, 1942
  • EAP760/1/2/43: Receipt issued by Lalitpur Post Office, 1944
  • EAP760/1/2/44: A petition against defendant Vudhīsāgar, c 1923
  • EAP760/1/2/45: Receipt issued by Lalitpur Adālat for Application submitted by Mohanalāl Śreṣṭa, 1938
  • EAP760/1/2/46: Receipt issued for Application submitted by Mohanalāl Śreṣṭa, 1942
  • EAP760/1/2/47: A note by Lalitpur Adālat, c 1938
  • EAP760/1/2/48: Receipt issued by Hulāk Gośvārā Nepāl, 1945
  • EAP760/1/2/49: Order Slip by Lalitpur Adālat., 1939
  • EAP760/1/2/50: Express Order of the King to Anantanārān Jaisi, 1835
  • EAP760/1/2/51: Letter of the Lalitpur Adālat to Mohanalāl Śreṣṭa, 1938
  • EAP760/1/2/52: Land under the Bhīmphedī Śrī 5 Guthī, c 1936
  • EAP760/1/2/53: Receipt issued by Customs to Dalvāhādur Śreṣṭa, 1928
  • EAP760/1/2/54: Order Slip by Lalitpur Adālat, 1937
  • EAP760/1/2/55: Application submitted by Mohaṃlāl Śreṣṭa to Apīl Dosrā Phāṭ, 1945
  • EAP760/1/2/56: Ṣaḍgalāl’s application to the King through the Municipal Office, 1928
  • EAP760/1/2/57: Application by Mohanlāl to Apil Dosrā, c 1939
  • EAP760/1/2/58: Three documents related to dispute between Mohanlāl and Veṣāvāhādur, 1933-1940
  • EAP760/1/2/59: Application by Mohaṃlāl to Lalitpur Adālat, 1942
  • EAP760/1/2/60: Mohanlāl’s rejoinder to Vuddhīsāgar Śreṣṭa’s lawsuit, 1944
  • EAP760/1/2/61: Mohanalāl’s application to Lalitpur Adālat against Vudhīsāgar, 1944
  • EAP760/1/2/62: Authenticated copy of a verdict by Nuvākoṭ Adālat, 1941
  • EAP760/1/2/63: Application by Vahīnī Nānī Rājbhaḍārīnī, 1952
  • EAP760/1/2/64: Application (VintiPatra) by Ṣarīdār Dīpavahādur Rājbhaḍārī’s to the Prime Minister, 1947
  • EAP760/1/2/65: Three applications submitted by Kharīdār Dīpavahādur Rājbhaṇḍārī, 1947
  • EAP760/1/2/66: Details of service years of Ṣaridār Dīpavahādur Rājbhaṇḍārī, c 1947
  • EAP760/1/2/67: Ṣaridār Dīp (Vahādur Rājbhaṇḍārī)’s application for the post of Nāsu, 1952
  • EAP760/1/2/68: Application by Lokmān Rājbhaṇḍārī, 1923
  • EAP760/1/2/69: Receipt issued by Cautariyā Cītradhoj Sāha to Gayālāl Rājbhaṇḍārī, 1890
  • EAP760/1/2/70: Cautariyā Cītradhoj Sāha's receipt to Gayālāl Rājbhaṇḍārī, 1890
  • EAP760/1/2/71: Receipt issued by Tahavil to Gayālāl, 1892
  • EAP760/1/2/72: Receipt issued by Potā Syāhā Aḍā (?) to Gayālāl, c 1890
  • EAP760/1/2/73: Receipt issued by Vahidār Īndravīr to Gayālāl Rājbhaṇḍārī, 1887
  • EAP760/1/2/74: Receipt issued by Adālat Ṭaksār to plaintiff Vuddhīmān Rājbhaṇḍārī, 1874
  • EAP760/1/2/75: Receipt issued by Potā Syāhā Aḍḍā (?) to Gayālāl Pradhān, 1875
  • EAP760/1/2/76: Letter of Kathmandu Che Bhaḍel Aḍā to Gayālāl Rājbhaṇḍārī, 1899
  • EAP760/1/2/77: Receipt issued by Tahavil to Gayālāl, 1893
  • EAP760/1/2/78: Receipt issued by Vahidār Īndravīr to Gayālāl Rājbhaṇḍārī, 1888
  • EAP760/1/2/79: Receipt issued by Vahidār Īndravīr to Gayālāl Rājbhaṇḍārī, 1885
  • EAP760/1/2/80: Receipt issued by Lāl Vāhādur Ṣatrī Chetrī to Gayālāl Rājbhaṇḍārī, 1887
  • EAP760/1/2/81: Receipt issued by Cautariyā Cītradhoj Sāha to Ṣarīdār Gayālāl Rājbhaṇḍārī, 1892
  • EAP760/1/2/82: Receipt issued by Cautariyā Cītradhoj Sāha to Gayālāl Rājbhaṇḍārī, 1892
  • EAP760/1/2/83: Note of Śrī Kumārīcok Nepāl Phāṭ to Ṣaḍgalāl, 1923
  • EAP760/1/2/84: Receipt issued by Kāṭhmāḍau Gādī Mamāraṣ Tahasil Aḍā to Suvedār Gayālāl Rājbhaḍārī, 1888
  • EAP760/1/2/85: Letter of Vasantapur Moṭh Tahavil Aḍā to Candananāth Kampanī, 1887
  • EAP760/1/2/86: Receipt issued by Ṣaḍga Vāhādur Ṣatrī Chetrī to Gayālāl Rājbhaṇḍārī, 1884
  • EAP760/1/2/87: Discretionary Order by Devānī Adālat Pesī Phāṭ (?), 1924
  • EAP760/1/2/88: Three documents related to Mohanalāl Śreṣṭa, 1945-1946
  • EAP760/1/2/89: Notice of Lalitpur Adālat to Mohanlāl Śreṣṭha, 1944
  • EAP760/1/2/90: Mohanalāl Śreṣṭa’s Application (Vīntīpatra) to the King, 1946
  • EAP760/1/2/91: Mohanalāl Śreṣṭa’s Application ( Vīntīpatra) to the King, 1940
  • EAP760/1/2/92: Jāherī Phaisalā by the Cisāpānī Gaḍī on the dispute between plaintiff Mohaṃlāl Śreṣṭa and defendant Purnagovinda Śreṣṭa on the Bhimsen Jatra Guthi deeded by Devī Thakūṃ, 1936
  • EAP760/1/2/93: Letter of the Potā Tahasil Aḍḍā, 1934
  • EAP760/1/2/94: Phirādī patra by Mohanalāl Śreṣṭha to Lalitpur Adālat, 1938
  • EAP760/1/2/95: Court verdict on lawsuit between Sidhdī Vīlās and Harṣa Rām, 1934
  • EAP760/1/2/96: Application (Vīntīpatra) to Prime Minister Juddha Shamsher by Mohanalāl Śreṣṭa, 1945
  • EAP760/1/2/97: Application (Vīntīpatra) by Mohanalāl Śreṣṭa, c 1945
  • EAP760/1/2/98: Notes on the court case between (Vudhī)sāgar Śreṣṭha and Mohaṃlāl, c 1944
  • EAP760/1/2/99: Mohan Lāl Śreṣṭa's petition to the King (?), 1942
  • EAP760/1/2/100: Letter of Guṭhī Tahasil Aḍḍā to Mohaṃlāl Śreṣṭa, 1939
  • EAP760/1/2/101: Mohaṃ Lāl Śreṣṭa's petition to the King (?), 1940
  • EAP760/1/2/102: Mohaṃlāl Śreṣṭa’s Petition to the King (?), c 1945
  • EAP760/1/2/103: Mohan Lāl Śreṣṭa’s Petition (Arji Patra) to Lalitpur Adālat, 1940
  • EAP760/1/2/104: Mohanlāl Śreṣṭa’s complaint to Lalitpur Adālat, 1938
  • EAP760/1/2/105: Mohanlāl Śreṣṭa’s Appeal registered at Lalitpur Adālat, 1938
  • EAP760/1/2/106: Mohanlāl Śreṣṭa’s lawsuit against Veṣā Vahādur Śreṣṭa, c 1933
  • EAP760/1/2/107: Mohanlāl Śreṣṭa’s lawsuit against Veṣā Vahādur Śreṣṭa, c 1933
  • EAP760/1/2/108: Order Slip by Lalitpur Adālat to Mohan Lāl, 1943
  • EAP760/1/2/109: Application by Mohanalāl to Apil Dosrā (?), 1938
  • EAP760/1/2/110: Bunch of Rukkas/Sanads and an enclosure of family tree, 1763-1952?
  • EAP760/1/2/111: Letter of the Adālat Ṭaksār to Harīhar Josī, 1872
  • EAP760/1/2/112: (Ṣa?) Dīp’s Application to the Crown Prince, 1951
  • EAP760/1/2/113: Pratāpasiṃha Sāha’s Lalmohar to Darvyesiṃ Bhaṇḍel, 1776-c 1963.