Khadgajeet Baral
{{Short description|Nepalese statesman (1928–2021)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = Inspector General of Nepal Police (IGP)
| name = Khadgajeet Baral
श्री खड्गजीत बराल
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| caption = Former IGP Khadgajeet Baral briefing the press on the book's ("Kasauti ma Nepal Prahari") details during the book release at the Nepal Police Club in August, 2013.
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|primeminister8 = Girija Prasad Koirala
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|office7 = President of Royal Nepal Golf Club
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|predecessor7 = Pyush Bahadur Amatya
|successor7 = Vinode Shumsher Rana
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|primeminister6 = Lokendra Bahadur Chand
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|office5 =Ambassador of Nepal to French Indochina and Indonesia
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|primeminister5 = Surya Bahadur Thapa
|predecessor5 = Shardul Shumsher JBR
|successor5 = Dr. Divya Dev Bhatta
|office4 =Ambassador of Nepal to Myanmar
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|primeminister4 = Surya Bahadur Thapa
|predecessor4 = Saardul Rana
|successor4 = Divya Bhatta
|office3 = Vice-President of Nepal Badminton Association{{cite web|url=http://nocnepal.org.np/nepal-badminton-association|title=Nepal Badminton Association}}
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|office2 = Founder President of Nepal Hockey Association{{cite web|url=http://nocnepal.org.np/nepal-hockey-association|title= Nepal Hockey Association}}
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|office1 =Inspector General of Nepal Police
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|predecessor1 = Rom Bahadur Thapa
|successor1 = Durlav Kumar Thapa
|birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1928|04|17}}
|birth_place = Nawalparasi District, Nepal
|death_date = {{death date and age|2021|5|19|1928|4|17}}
|citizenship = Nepalese
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|children = 3
|residence = Kathmandu, Bagmati Zone, Nepal
|occupation = Police officer
Diplomat
Politician
Social Worker
|alma_mater = Agra University (B.A.)
Patna University (M.A.)
|relations = Bahadur Singh Baral (father)
Ranjeet Baral (son)
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|data1 = Tri Shakti Patta Class I
|data2 = Gorkha Dakshin Bahu Class I
|data3 = Life Time Achievement Award
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Khadgajeet Baral ({{langx|ne|खड्गजीत बराल}}) OGDB, OTSP (April 17, 1928 – May 19, 2021) was a Nepalese police officer, diplomat, and sports promoter who served as the Inspector General of Nepal Police,{{cite web |url=http://www.nepalpolice.gov.np/police-history/ex-chief-of-police.html |title=Police History - Ex-Chief of Police |accessdate=2013-04-10}} (IGP) and contributed significantly to law enforcement, diplomacy, and sports in Nepal. Appointed IGP at the age of 43, he was among the youngest to hold the position, introducing several reforms and pioneering initiatives such as the Nepal Police Flying Squad. Baral also served as Ambassador of Nepal to Burma, Indonesia and French Indochina (Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam),
{{cite journal
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| date = 1980
| title = His Majesty concurrently accredited the Royal Nepali Ambassador to Burma, Khadga Jit Baral,as ambassador to Indonesia,..
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| journal = Nepal Press Digest
| pages = – 24 1–52 pg 260
}} and as a chief liaison officer of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC).{{cite web|url=http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/gallery.jsp?query=organization:UNTAC%20AND%20category:%22Field%20coverage%22&startat=90&sf= |title=News & Media Photo}}{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/missions/past/untacbackgr2.html |title=UNTAC}}
{{cite news
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| first = Dara
| date = 1993-03-24
| title = Mr. Khadga Jit Baral, former member of the National Parliament of Nepal and Mr. Hem Lama, former major of the Royal Nepali Army, have been deployed at the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC).
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As a prominent figure in sports promotion, he played a key role in developing judo, hockey, and badminton spheres in Nepal. He remained active in community service and sports after his retirement.
Career in Law Enforcement
=Inspector General of Nepal Police=
Khadgajeet Baral was promoted to Inspector General of Police (IGP) at age 43, becoming one of the youngest police chiefs in the history of Nepal.
{{cite news
| last = Paudel
| first = Bishnu
| date = 1972-07-31
| title = The Home Ministry has decided to appoint 43 year old DIGP Khadgajeet Baral as the Inspector General of Nepal Police...
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| newspaper = Gorkhapatra
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| pages = 05–06
}}{{cite web |url=https://aad.archives.gov/aad/createpdf?rid=179671&dt=2476&dl=1345 |title=Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review |date=6 July 2006}} He was the first post graduate police officer recommended by the then 'National Public Service Commission'{{cite web|url=http://theuniversaltimes.com/view/3/news-285.html|title=सुरक्षा अंगमा नियुक्तिको लागि सार्कस्तरीय ढाँचा अवलम्बन गर्न आवश्यक...यद्यपि, २०१४ मा प्रहरी निरीक्षक पदमा नियुक्त पूर्वआईजीपी÷राजदूत खड्गजीत बराल, अख्तियार दुरूपयोग अनुसन्धान आयोगको पूर्वप्रमुख आयुक्त÷डीआईजीपी रामप्रसाद श्रेष्ठ र पूर्वअञ्चलाधीश शैलेन्द्रप्रसाद सिन्हा सर्वप्रथम लोकसेवा आयोगबाटै छनौट भएका थिए । प्रहरी अधिकृतको छनौटमा आयोगको संलग्नता पछिसम्म देखिएता पनि यो नाममात्रको भयो ।}} to His Majesty's Government as the Inspector-General of Police.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjNFj7KG4PA |title=Interview on September 15, 2012 |publisher=Himalayan Television |via=youtube.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618083235/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjNFj7KG4PA |archivedate=June 18, 2014 }}
IGP Baral and his predecessor, IGP Rom Bahadur Thapa, are the only pair to remain chiefs for six years, the standard tenure being four years.{{cite web |url=http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2012/11/03/free-the-words/dynamics-of-exclusion/241370.html |title=Lion's Share |date=3 November 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://archives.myrepublica.com/2012/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=40957 |title = Republica/Nagarik News |date=2012}}
During his tenure as police chief,{{cite web |url=http://www.spotlightnepal.com/News/Article/NEPAL-POLICE-Unstable-As-Ever |title= "Nepal Police has a very important role to provide a secure environment to the people. Whatever the situation it faces, Nepal Police will need to guarantee the people's right to live in peace," said Khadga Jit Baral, former chief of Nepal Police}}{{cite web |url=http://thtimes.pugmarks.in/fullTodays.php?headline=Former+Police+Staff+Council+panel+&NewsID=374597 |title=Central Chairman of the Council Chinta Bahadur Basnet, honoured former inspector generals duo Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan and Khadgajit Baral.}} Baral was recognized for his significant contributions to the administrative sectors of the Nepal Police. The establishment 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 (6,921m) and Pabil Himal (7,104m) conquered in 1976 A.D. and 1978 A.D. respectively, are prime examples.{{cite book
| last =Khatri
| first =Deepak
| date =2006
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| title =Inspector Capsule
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|page =346
}}{{cite web|url = http://www.fridayweekly.com.np/people.php?id=1858|title = Shiro Kurauchi: I first came to Nepal in October 1977 after the Nepal Police invited me to organize a mountaineering course for police officials. The then IGP, Baral, wanted to establish a mountaineering academy in Lamjung. The idea was to organize expeditions with just Nepali members. The IGP asked one of his friends to look for someone who could come to Nepal and organize such as course...When I used to go on drives with IGP Baral along the Ring Road, I would only see bicycles.|access-date = 2015-02-17|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150217074528/http://www.fridayweekly.com.np/people.php?id=1858|archive-date = 2015-02-17|url-status = dead}} The construction of the Birendra Police Hospital (present-day Nepal Police Hospital) also commenced in his tenure.
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| date =2000
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| title = Arogya Darpan 2000 (Birendra Police Hospital Yearly Magazine)
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}}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 China and about a dozen elite Nepalese officers, for crime prevention, is considered admirable even now.
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| date =2011
| edition =28th
| title =Nepal Police Mirror 2011
| publisher =Nepal Police
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I.G.P. Baral was a major reformist in Nepal Police.{{cite web | url = http://haribhaktasigdel.com/service | title=Training And Service To Nation}}{{cite web | url=http://aparadh.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1102:ex-igp-khadgajit-baral&catid=42:interview&Itemid=121|title= I was told of my promotion to chief in a hospital bed.}}{{cite web|url=http://np.karobardaily.com/2014/10/35307/|title=सत्ता र स्वार्थको घेरामा प्रहरी... खड्गजीत बरालका विचारमा विगतका कमीकमजोरी सुधार्दै आगामी चुनौतीको सामना गर्नुको विकल्प छैन । प्रहरी दिवसको सन्दर्भ पारेर पूर्वआईजीपी बराल भन्छन्, "कमीकमजोरी सबैबाट हुन्छन्, त्यसलाई सुधार्दै संगठनको प्रभावकारिता र आम जनताप्रति विश्वसनियता जगाउँदै अघि बढ्नु अहिलेको आवश्यकता हो ।"...Karobar Daily|access-date=2015-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211162541/http://np.karobardaily.com/2014/10/35307/|archive-date=2015-02-11|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://np.karobardaily.com/2014/03/28247/|title=रहेनन् विवादित पूर्वआईजीपी लामा... खड्गजीत बराल नेपाल प्रहरीको इतिहासमा सबैभन्दा कुशल र सक्षम आईजीपीको रूपमा लामालाई लिन्छन् । बहालवाला तथा अवकाशप्राप्त प्रहरी अधिकारीहरू ६३ वर्ष लामो प्रहरीको इतिहासमा बरालपछि संगठनलाई सफल र सक्षम नेतृत्व प्रदान गर्नेमा उनै लामालाई लिइन्छ । ...Karobar Daily|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211163652/http://np.karobardaily.com/2014/03/28247/|archivedate=2015-02-11}}{{cite news
|last = Shrestha
|first = Shibaji
|date = 2015-07-09
|title = प्रहरीको सलाम र गृहमन्त्री...नेपाल प्रहरीमा यस्ता ब्यक्ति पनि आइजिपी भए-खडगजित बराल जो तत्कालीन गृहमन्त्रीको सनकपनलाई लिएर 'ए गृहबहादुर' भनेर सम्बोधन गर्ने हिम्मत गर्थे । (4th paragraph, 4th-5th line)
|trans-title = Police's Salute & the Home Minister
|url = http://www.nepalipatra.com/news/detail/15626/5
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}} He had made rations available to all the low-ranking police personnel and made the provision of barracks possible. To manage the traffic in the Kathmandu valley, he introduced 'Mounted Police', i.e. traffic police officers on horses.
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| date =2011
| edition =28th
| title =Nepal Police Mirror 2011
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Ambassador to Burma
During the reign of the then King Birendra, Khadgajeet Baral had been appointed the Royal Ambassador of Nepal to Burma (Myanmar) for six years.
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| date = 1980
| title = His Majesty concurrently accredited the Royal Nepali Ambassador to Burma, Khadga Jit Baral,as ambassador to Indonesia,..
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| journal = Nepal Press Digest
| pages = – 24 1–52 pg 260
}}
Ambassador to French Indochina and Indonesia
Khadgajeet Baral was accredited as the Royal Ambassador of Nepal to Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam at the same time when he was the ambassador to Myanmar.
During Ambassador Baral's six-year tenure as an accredited ambassador to French Indo-China and Indonesia, political tension arose between the neighboring countries Indonesia and Malaysia. K.J.S. Baral used this opportunity to establish diplomatic relations between Nepal and Indonesia.
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| first = Wening
| date = 1985-04-01
| title = On the behest of His Excellency Ambassador Baral, President Suharto has decided to establish diplomatic relations with Nepal...(first paragraph, 3rd-6th line)
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| newspaper = The Jakarta Post
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| page = 07
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Contribution to sports
Baral also served as the Vice-President of the Nepal Badminton Association after he retired from law enforcement.{{cite web|url=http://nsc.gov.np/news/show/886|title=विकाशलाई पराजित गर्दै रत्नजित राष्ट्रिय च्याम्पियन...सम्मानित हुने ब्यक्तित्वहरुमा नेपाल ब्याडमिन्टन संघका पूर्व अध्यक्ष शुसिल शमसेर जवरा जो संघको मानार्थ आजीवन अध्यक्ष हुनु हुन्छ । उहााको बागदरवारस्थित घरको कोठाबाट सुरु भएको खेल संस्था आज राष्ट्रिय खेलकुद परिषदको नाममा परिचित छ । त्यस्तै पूर्व उपाध्यक्ष प्रभु शमसेर जवरा, पूर्व अध्यक्ष विरेन्द्र बहादुर शाह, पूर्व उपाध्यक्ष खड्गजीत बराल (उहाा पूर्व प्रहरी महानिरीक्षक पनि हुनु हुन्छ), यस्तै अन्तराष्ट्रिय खेलाडी अक्रुर नरसिंह राणा, मोहनबहादुर शाही, त्रिरत्न मानन्धर, डा. सिंह बहादुर बस्नेत र दिलेन्द्र विर पाण्डे रहेका छन् ।|access-date=2015-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217073708/http://nsc.gov.np/news/show/886|archive-date=2015-02-17|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kantipurdaily.com/2013/04/07/sports/tamang-siblings-steal-the-show/369624.html |title=Tamang siblings steal the show |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521062125/http://www.kantipurdaily.com/2013/04/07/sports/tamang-siblings-steal-the-show/369624.html |archivedate=May 21, 2014 }}
= Nepal Judo Association =
Baral 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, President Baral led a Judo team from Nepal to compete in the championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.nagariknews.com/index.php/sports| title = nagariknews-खेल }}{{cite web |url=http://onlinejua.org/minutes_detail.php?mid=16| title = Judo Union of Asia }}
=Nepal Hockey Association=
Baral is responsible for introducing hockey and making it famous in Nepal, and as such, is regarded as the Pioneer of Nepalese Hockey.
{{cite journal
| last = Pandey
| first = Ashok
| date = 1997
| title = Field Hockey in Nepal and Khadgajeet Baral
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| journal = The Kathmandu Post
| pages = 8–9
}}
Retired life
Rtd. Hon. Khadgajeet Baral was an active member of "The Rotary Club Of Pashupati" {{cite web|url=http://www.nepalrotary.org/district-advisory-committee.html?start=1 |title=District-Advisory-Committee |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907084626/http://www.nepalrotary.org/district-advisory-committee.html?start=1 |archivedate=September 7, 2011 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.rcpashupati.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html | title = Rotary Club of Pashupat-KTM}}{{cite web | url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZY4AnpBv1Y | title = Speech from Chief Guest Rtn Khadga Jeet Baral| website = YouTube}} and an active golfer at the Royal Nepal Golf Club (RNGC).{{cite web |url=http://www.onlinesahitya.com/magazine/readarticle.php?AID=637 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630020111/http://www.onlinesahitya.com/magazine/readarticle.php?AID=637 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-06-30 |title=Victories at the senior section}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2010/02/25/Oped/Democratisation-of-Army/5547/ |title=The Kathmandu Post: Rana Duo win Titles |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605033631/http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2010/02/25/Oped/Democratisation-of-Army/5547/ |archivedate=June 5, 2010 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Bijayananda+lifts+Myanmar+envoy+cup&NewsID=305770 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315105639/http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Bijayananda%2Blifts%2BMyanmar%2Benvoy%2Bcup&NewsID=305770 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-03-15 |work=The Himalayan Times |title=Bijayananda lifts Myanmar envoy cup }}{{cite web |url=http://topnepalnews.com/local-news/19489 |title='कसौटिमा नेपाल प्रहरी'....उक्त अवसरमा उहाँले प्रहरी संगठनको सेवाको ऐतिहासिक अवस्थाको बारेमा चर्चा गर्नुहुदै नेपाल प्रहरी संगठन यस्तो संस्था हो जसले प्रजातन्त्रको लागि ठूलो महत्व राखेको छ । प्रहरी संगठनले दिइने सेवामा समयानुकुल आफुलाइ परिमाजिर्त गर्दै लगेको बताउनुहुदै उहाँले राष्ट्रको सुरक्षाको लागि देशको कुना काप्चामा पुग्ने प्रहरी कर्मचारीहरुले गरेको कार्यका बारेमा राम्रो र नराम्रो क्रियाकलाप हुनु स्वभाविक रहेको बताउनुभयो । प्रहरी संगठनको बृत्ति विकास प्रहरी आपैmले गर्न सक्छ भन्नुुहदै उहाँले प्रहरीको व्यवसायीकता सभ्यताको प्रतिक रहेकोले प्रहरीले नागरिकलाई दिइने सेवामा पारदर्शी, स्वच्छता र उत्कृष्ठ हुनुपर्ने बताउनुभयो । देशमा शान्ति सुरक्षा कायम गरी गतिशिलता प्रदान गर्न नेपाल प्रहरीलाई यस पुस्तकबाट आसातित सहयोग पुग्ने समेत उहाँले बताउनुभयो । |access-date=2015-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217074718/http://topnepalnews.com/local-news/19489 |archive-date=2015-02-17 |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.nepalpolice.gov.np/police-history/ex-chief-of-police.html/ Official website of Nepal Police]
- [http://www.nepalrotary.org/district-advisory-committee.html?start=1/ Official Website Of District 3292]
- [https://www.facebook.com/pages/IGP-Khadgajeet-Baral/155974094478707/ Official Facebook Page of IGP K.J.S. Baral]
- [http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/gallery.php?gallery.php?keyword=Flash+black+of+last+3+days+October+23-25&catid=GALL&imgid=MTgxNw==&galsec=37&type=ra&title=Rmxhc2ggYmxhY2sgb2YgbGFzdCAzIGRheXMgT2N0b2JlciAyMy0yNQ==/The Himalayan Times 2009]
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Category:Ambassadors of Nepal to Vietnam
Category:Ambassadors of Nepal to Indonesia
Category:Members of the Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu, First Class
Category:Members of the Order of Tri Shakti Patta, First Class