Story of Hansa Kunwar

Story of Hansa Kunwar : Once upon a time, there was a prince named Jhalu Rai who ruled in a place called Khimsari Hat. He had a queen named Dhungawati, and they had seven sons together. Their names were Chhani Kunwar, Mani Kunwar, Sal Kunwar, Mal Kunwar, Hati Kunwar, Hansa Kunwar, and Bhagdeo Kunwar. The family owned many villages, but Jhalu Rai was very old and the family was going through a difficult time with a great famine.

Jhalu Rai’s daughter-in-law, Saru, was engaged to Hansa Kunwar, one of his sons. Saru’s father, Trimal Chand, was a prince from a place called Champawat Hat. Jhalu Rai asked his sons to go to Trimal Chand for help during the famine. When they arrived at Trimal Chand’s house, he set his dogs on them to scare them away. The brothers were disappointed and returned home without any help.

Since they could not find food anywhere, the brothers decided to sell one of their own, Hati Kunwar, to Kunjai Pal, the king of Nandnikot, for twenty khars (a large amount) of millet grain. They took the grain home and Jhalu Rai was pleased to hear that Hati Kunwar had found work with Kunjai Pal.

Before Jhalu Rai passed away, he called his sons to him and blessed them. After his death, Trimal Chand, who had seen the extreme poverty of the family, decided to avoid the marriage of his daughter to Hansa Kunwar. He wrote a letter to Ghoga, a brave warrior from Biral Nagar, offering his daughter in marriage if Ghoga could kill the seven sons of Jhalu Rai, who he claimed were trying to kidnap his daughter. Trimal Chand also wrote a letter to Hansa Kunwar, telling him that Ghoga was planning to elope with Saru and that he should come and fight against Ghoga.

Upon receiving the letters, both Ghoga and his fourteen friends, and Hansa and his seven brothers, prepared for battle and headed to Champawatgarh. Trimal Chand welcomed Ghoga and his friends, but Hansa and his brothers were ignored and set up camp near a spring. When Ghoga’s friends went to get water from the spring, Hansa refused to let them fill their water pots, leading to a confrontation between the two groups.

Ghoga and his friends fought against Hansa and his brothers for two days and two nights. During the battle, Chhani Kunwar fought against Ghoga and was killed after a heroic fight. Hansa then fought against Ghoga and killed him and his fourteen friends.

Upon hearing about Ghoga’s death, Kunjai Pal, the king of Nandnikot, gathered a large army and attacked Hansa and his brothers. Hansa fought against Kunjai Pal’s army for two days and two nights until Kunjai Pal cut off Hansa’s head. Saru, who had been watching the battle, fainted when she saw Hansa fall to the ground.

Seeing his brothers killed, Hati Kunwar entered the battlefield and killed Kunjai Pal and his army. He then went to Trimal Chand’s palace, where he killed Trimal Chand and his sons before destroying the palace. When Saru recovered from her faint, she asked Hati Kunwar to let her be united with Hansa after death. Hati Kunwar built a funeral pyre, and Saru, with Hansa’s body on her lap, was burned to ashes.

After performing the funeral rites for his brothers, Hati Kunwar went to bathe at a spring. While he was bathing, two sons of Kunjai Pal, Bighni and Bijai Pal, arrived and shot arrows at Hati Kunwar, killing him. In the end, the family of Khimsari Hat was destroyed due to the treachery of Trimal Chand.

Thus was the Story of Hansa Kunwar.