Welcome to our website of Mauja Bijayapur Samaj (MBS) UK. Mauja Bijayapur Samaj UK is a Samaj (community) of Nepalese who originally came to the UK from former Mauja VDC and Bijayapur (panch-thar gaun) of Kaski district, Nepal and are currently residing in the UK. The Samaj was established on 26 January 2008 with an aim to help each other out in times of genuine hardship and distress and preserve our cultural heritages over in the UK. The Samaj primarily aims to maintain a link within its members and cheli-beties in the UK and with our ancestral homes back in Nepal. The Samaj also aims to support our village communities in Nepal on the basis of members’ approval as it finds necessary.
All the members of the samaj are originally from the following 9 Villages (gauns) of Kaski district, Nepal: 1. Khamgale Gaun, 2. Danda Gaun, 3. Pokhari Gaun, 4. Dihi Gaun, 5. Lamdanda Gaun, 6. Mauja Gaun, 7. Mohoriya Gaun, 8. Atighar/Manchhap and 9. Kura Gaun. These villages are situated north-east of Pokhara and one can reach there from Pokhara within 2/3 hours by walking and 30 to 50 minutes by driving.
Mauja Bijayapur Samaj UK – 16th Annual Get-together Party on Saturday, 21st June 2025
Updated: 30 March 2025 by Event Co-ordinator Indra Kumar Gurung
General
Mauja Bijayapur Samaj (MBS) UK Annual Get-together Party will be held on Saturday, 21st June 2025 from 11:00 AM to 08:30 PM at Samuel Cody School, Ballantyne Road, Farnborough, GU14 8SN.
Aim
The aim of the party is to organise an Annual Get-together for all members, families and our special guests of the day: Cheli-Betties.
Dress
Casual, but all are encouraged to wear Nepali cultural attire to reflect our cultural heritage.
Guests
Our special guests on the day are all our Cheli-Betties and their husbands. This is a special opportunity for all of us to come together in one place and share Congratulations and Condolences during our busy lives in the UK. If you have family members who are currently in the UK on a visit, please, notify us and feel free to bring them to join the party with us.
Party Strength
As food for the day will have to be ordered through a catering company, an accurate estimate for the total attendees is to be identified in order to save costs and avoid food waste on the day. Therefore, all members are kindly requested to help respective Gaun Representatives by notifying them of any Cheli–Betties’ attendance before Wednesday, 11th June 2025. Please spread the message via word of mouth that we have the Mauja Bijayapur Samaj UK Bhetghat Party on Saturday 21st June 2025 and all Cheli–Betties, New Members and Members are strongly encouraged to attend.
Catering license and PAT License
From this year, the venue management team has warned us that there might be random spot check for catering licence and PAT Testing licence for the PA system. Therefore, Catering Liaison Officer of the day, Mr. Dhan Gurung for catering and Advisor, Mr. Khum Gurung for PA system are kindly requested to select only those vendors or contractors who have an appropriate licence.
Party Fees
The cost will be £20.00 per adult, £10.00 per junior (Aged between 10 – 17 years old), £10 for senior citizens (Aged 70 to 80 years old) and free for the children below 10 years old or members above 80 years old and visitors from Nepal or abroad from Mauja Bijayapur Samaj UK. However, each member is kindly requested to contribute the usual Cheli–Betties fee of £40.00 and Annual Membership subscription of £10.00 per couple or £5.00 per single member. You must pay the contribution and membership charges whether you are present or absent on the party day.
All village representatives are kindly requested to collect money from their respective Gaunle Members and deposit the collected funds into Mauja Bijayapur Samaj UK account before Friday, 13th June 2025 and inform to our Treasurer, Mr. Deepak Gurung by texting him on 07715123848 with the bank deposit reference for the necessary updates.
Felicitations/congratulations
There will be a felicitation / congratulation programme for those who successfully achieved a university degree, any newly-wed couples, newly born children, becoming a new member or receiving achievements outside Mauja Bijayapur Samaj UK, like in the previous years, so please provide name(s) with the university name and course if anyone has achieved a university degree recently. Similarly, please provide name(s) of those who have gotten married recently or are joining as a new member of Mouja Bijayapur Samaj, UK. There will be a nominal roll request in the samaj communication platform very soon- please help us to identify names from all in order to coordinate correctly and efficiently on the day. More…
Posted by Secretary Tikaram Gurung on 31 March 2025
Please find below minutes of our Annual General Meeting held on 23 March 2025.
Minutes of Annual General Meeting – 23 March 2025
Posted by Secretary Tikaram Gurung on 1st July 2024
Dear Chairman, Advisors, EC members and members of MBS UK.
I echo each and every word our event coordinator Indra Kumar Dai has expressed in the previous message. So eloquently written.
My Thank You goes to each and everyone of you who were directly and indirectly involved in the event which was a huge success. Those who couldn’t join with us physically this year, we will definitely meet next year.
Having said that as Indra Kumar Dai has already mentioned, please mark your diary for our next year 16th Annual Chelibeti Bhetghat Event as follows:
Date : Saturday, 21 June 2025
Venue : Samuel Cody School, Ballantyne Road
Farnborough
Hampshire
GU14 8SN
Time : TBC
Thank you Khum mama for booking the venue in advance as experienced this year, availability of venue during these times every year is very limited.
We will have to hold a physical meeting which should be both post event meeting followed by AGM. New EC members needs to be selected as this EC team has consecutively done more than 2 terms. A venue, date and time needs to be fixed which I will liaise with CM, Advisors and EC members.
Thank You All once again and looking forward to seeing you all soon… Jai MBS UK !!!
Warm Regards
Tikaram Gurung ( Jiwan )
Secretary
MBS UK
Posted by Event Coordinator Indra Kumar Gurung on 1st July 2024
Dear Chairman, Advisors, Executive committee members, members and distinguished guests- our Chelibeti family,
Namaste 🙏
Hope you all enjoyed our annual summer get – together. It was deliberately designed to make meet and greet and have lots of gap-sap in cost effective way. If you don’t like it, please feel free to let us know. For those of you who are football fans, I hope you are enjoying watching the Euros also.
Thank you all for your collective efforts in organising the 15th Mauja Bijaypur Samaj UK Summer Get together, which was held on Saturday 29th June 2024 at Empire Banqueting Hall, Aldershot. Appreciation goes to the executive committee and all village representatives – we appreciate the clear direction from the Chairman, Ram Soltee, all accurate accounting from Treasurer, Birkaji Bhai, smooth running of program by General Secretary, Jiwan Bhai and sound advice from Bil Bahadur Sir and other advisors as well as our unsung heroes Purna Bahadur Dai (Media Secretary) for capturing every moments, Khum Bhanja, without whom it is impossible to welcome guests. Everyone from the local area and those from further afield played their part to do everything to help and their actions spoke loudly. Thank you also to Dhan Bhai and Chok Bhai who organised ice-cream for our children, Tribin Raj Soltee for drink control and a wonderful group of youths from Bijayapur, Danda Gaun and Anjana Bahini who helped us to sell the Raffle tickets. At the same time, a big thank you to Mrs. Sangita Bahini (Mrs Tanka Prasad Gurung / Antighar) for all free Khada arrangements for MBS UK from her recent Nepal visit. Also, thank you to Chairman, Ram Soltee and Meena Bahini haru ko unique and entertaining dance and General Secretary, Jiwan Bhaiko live performance as always.
Also, thank you to all of the generous sponsors for the Raffle Draw. Without your help and support it wouldn’t have been possible and once again, thank you!
Most importantly, thank you to each and everyone of you including all guests from Nepal and all Cheli Betti families who managed to attend despite their busy schedules, as well as a thank you to all members who made a contribution despite their absences.
There is always next time for those who couldn’t make it this time. Please make every effort to attend future events – we look forward to seeing you all on Saturday, 21st of June 2025! Until then take care all and look after yourselves.
Sabai ko Shuva – Mangal hosh! Jai MBS UK and Thank you!
Indra Kumar Gurung
Party Coordinator
MBS UK
Posted by Event Coordinator Indra Kumar Gurung on 1st July 2024
Thank you to all Volunteer Raffle Draw sponsors
Thank you all for taking part in this year’s Raffle Draw. Congratulations to all of the lucky winners! A sum of £610.00 has raised for the MBS UK fund. We are grateful for the below volunteers who sponsored a Jinsi or cash prize for the draw. Also, a big thank you to a wonderful group of babu – naniharu from Bijayapur, Danda Gaun and Anjana bahini in helping us sell the raffle tickets. Without your continuous kind generosity, help and support, running the Raffle Draw would have been impossible. Once again, thank you all!
Raffle Draw sponsors – Mauja Bijayapur Samaj UK on Saturday, 29th June 2024
|
S/N |
Name |
Cash/Item |
Gaun |
Remarks |
|
01 |
Mr. Ram Kumar Gurung |
Jinsi |
Mohoriya |
Chairman |
|
02 |
Mr. Khum Raj Gurung |
Jinsi |
Lamdanda |
Advisor |
|
03 |
Mr. Resham Gurung |
Jinsi |
Lamdanda |
Advisor |
|
04 |
Mr. Deepak and Mrs. Chandra Gurung |
Jinsi |
Mohoriya |
Member |
|
05 |
Mr. Chunak Gurung |
Jinsi |
Bijayapur, Danda Gaun |
Village Representative |
|
06 |
Mr. Tika Ram (Jiwan) Gurung |
Jinsi |
Bijayapur, Pokhari Gaun |
General Secretary |
|
07 |
Tilak Bahadur Gurung |
Jinsi |
Mohoriya |
Village Representative |
|
08 |
Mrs. Ram Kumari Gurung |
Jinsi |
Mauja |
Member |
|
09 |
Mr. Birkaji Gurung |
£25.00 |
Mohoriya |
Treasurer |
|
10 |
Mrs. Daya Gurung |
£100.00 |
Lamdanda |
Cheli |
|
11 |
Mr. Purna Bahadur Gurung |
Jinsi |
Bijayapur, Pokhari Gaun |
Media Secretary |
|
12 |
Mrs. Laxmi Gurung |
Jinsi |
Lamdanda |
Cheli |
|
13 |
Mr. Bhim and Mrs. Pritam Gurung |
£50.00 |
Mauja |
Advisor |
|
14 |
Mr. Damber Gurung |
Jinsi |
Mohoriya |
Vice – Chairman |
|
15 |
Mr. Tara and Mrs. Durga Gurung |
Jinsi |
Khamgale |
Cheli |
|
16 |
Dhana Gurung |
Jinsi |
Bijayapur, Gairi Gaun |
Cheli |
|
17 |
Mr. Indra Kumar Gurung |
Jinsi |
Mauja |
Party Co-ordinator |
|
18 |
Mrs. Kamala Gurung |
Jinsi |
Kura Gaun |
Cheli |
|
19 |
Mr. Tribin Raj Gurung |
£50.00 |
Kura Gaun |
Member |
|
20 |
Mr. Purna Bahadur Gurung |
£50.00 |
Bijayapur, Danda Gaun |
Member |
|
A total amount of £610.00 was raised from the sale of the raffle tickets. |
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