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PROJECTS
Hands Together - Tiplyang Project
Joanna Lumley (OBE), Patron of the Charity with Elizabeth Allmand and Anne Rose, co-founders of the project, and children at the opening of the new school in Tiplyang in April 2012.
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A School in Nepal - Tiplyang
Welcome to the Tiplyang Project website. The Tiplyang Project was set up to support Tiplyang village and the surrounding region of Myagdi in western Nepal.
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Captain Michael Allmand VC
Joanna Lumley
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OBJECTIVES OF FOUNDATION
The objectives of the foundation would be as follows:
- To educate the coming generations and to highlight Tulbahadur Pun’s outstanding valour in the face of enemy and his contribution to the society;
- To record the achievement of Tulbahadur Pun VC’s life, both militarily and civil, along with his outstanding contribution in establishing the Higher Secondary School in his village;
- A life size statue would be erected at the location of his birth place, to remember him for all time as a national hero and to glorify the history of those who fell fighting in World War II;
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- To educate the coming generations and to highlight Tulbahadur Pun’s outstanding valour in the face of enemy and his contribution to the society;
Tul Bahadur Pun VC
Pun VC Foundation
The small beautiful village named Banduk is situated at the upper hill of the Kali River in mid-western Nepal. In the same village 90 years ago, Word War II veteran Tulbhahaur Pun VC was born. At the foothill of the same river shore there is a small settlement area, named Tiplyang Bazaar, where he spending the most of his life.
Beni Bazaar, the District Headquarters of Myagdi, can be reached after driving nearly 4 hours from Pokhara. Beni Bazaar is located at the crossroads of the river Kali and river Myagdi. Tiplyang is nearly an hour’s driving distance, and after a one and half an hour vertical climb over the hill one reaches the birthplace of Tulbahadur Pun VC.
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Tulbahadur Pun VC is the bravest Gurkha of all times. On 23rd June 1944, during World War II, he glorified the history of Gurkhas, fighting against the Japanese. During ferocious fighting he charged a Japanese machine gun post, single-handed, thus saving the lives of hundreds of British and Gurkha soldiers. His outstanding courage, in the face of enemy, resulted in the award of Britain’s highest gallantry award, the Victoria Cross. In his 90th year, Tulbahadur Pun VC is still strong in both mind and body. He recently expressed his great desire to establish the school for the poor and destitute children of his homeland area. In 1959, when he retired from the army, he chose to devote the rest of his life to the ......
Gurkha VC
Victoria Cross or VC is the UK's highest award for bravery by a military person in the presence of the enemy. It is the most honored, prestigious award and the senior most decoration for valor and heroism in the line of duty awarded by the British Government. It takes precedence above all other medals and orders, including the “George Cross”.
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In 1854, after 40 years of peace, Britain found itself fighting a major war against Russia. From the early days of the Crimean War, stories abounded of the outstanding bravery of the British army in the most appalling conditions. The troops' heroics were performed despite the lack of adequate winter clothing and other provisions to protect them from the harsh Russian winter.
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