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Nepal was big country and from time to time it has become squeezed due to internal and external conflicts. In the latest history when the farsighted King Prithvi Narayan Shah the Great started the foundation of modern Nepal 250 years ago, there were more than 50 small kingdoms in Nepal alone. The unification campaign continued even after his early death by his descendants and noblemen in the palace with the help of patriotic persons. However at that time British East India Company, which has entered India in the name of business, started to colonize Indian kingdoms. Nepal had to fought with the British troops to protect the sovereignty and the war continued for 2 years (1814-1816). The war came to end with the humiliating Sugauli treaty (1816 March 4) in which Nepal had to give up large part of her territory like the Sikkim , Darjeeling, Dinapur in the East and parts between Mahakali and Sutlej river in the west. Currently Dinapur lies in Bangladesh (East Pakistan from 1947-1971) while other parts are in India once the British rule was over in 1947. The 1950 Nepal- India Friendship treaty clause 8 scraps the Sugauli treaty which means that the areas held by British India no longer valid. However, those areas are in the control of India and Bangladesh. Many historians have raised this issue.Even there is movement of Greater Nepal is launched with the notion that Nationalism never die. They opined that even in the current border between India and Nepal, India is not behaving well with Nepal like by encroaching the border, terrorizing Nepali people along the border with the excessive use of force by SSB force and so on. They hope that if Greater Nepal can be made successful Nepal will be free from the shackles of Indian expansionism. Lets see whether this comes in reality in near future or not.
Next time the blog about India Nepal relationship will be discussed.
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