Sugauli
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Sugauli (सुगौली) is a city in East Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the place where a treaty was signed between British India and Nepal in March 1816.
Origin
Variants
- Sigauli सिगौली, बिहार, (p.965)
- Sugauli सुगौली, बिहार, (AS, p.965)
- Segowlee (Rudyard Kipling)
- Sagauli सगौली
History
Sugauli has great role in India's independence war. Sugauli is the part of Satyagraha movement what Gandhiji had started from the Champaran, and that movement inspired a lot of youth at that time to contribute for the nation. Sugauli is also known for Sugauli Treaty, which was signed between British India and Nepal in March 1816.
It is the setting for Rudyard Kipling's story "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" (spelled as "Segowlee" in said story),
सुगौली (बिहार)
सुगौली (AS, p.965): भारत के बिहार राज्य के पूर्वी चम्पारण ज़िले में स्थित एक शहर है. मोतिहारी के पश्चिम में स्थित है इस स्थान पर 1816 ई. में नेपाल युद्ध के पश्चात नेपालियों और अंग्रेजों में संधि हुई थी जिससे उतरी भारत का बड़ा पहाड़ी इलाका अंग्रेजों को मिल गया. [1]