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Greater Nepal- History that the world appreciates
There is a country where history explains blood bravery and a path where a small city turned itself to the name of Gurkhas to conquer the world and that territory is now known as the bravest country of time, Nepal is a landlocked country bounded by hills and the Himalayas. It shares a border with the two most powerful countries India and China. Aside from everything if we look at the land square kilometre of Nepal it is just 147,516 sq km which lies 28N and 84E. (ntb.gov.np); [P1]. But was Nepal like this ever? The answer is No, this landlocked country was once spread from Sutlej to Teesta covering 1500 km in length. The land areas like Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal, Patna, Darjeeling, Gadwall, Almora, and Dehradun were part of Greater Nepal as claimed by Nepal. According to reports Greater Nepal was 60% greater as compared to today’s Nepal. Then how was this land formed and how did Greater Nepal (Kingdom of Nepal) fall apart? The time between 1743 to 1816 AD the Unification and downfall of Greater Nepal created a history that the World appreciates.

The Kingdom of Nepal had its brave warrior and a fate to conquer the world. Who would have imagined that a small state approximately a city would build up a whole land territory with just 1300 soldiers starting? There was a dream to re-join or connect Nepal which was once divided into 55 states. It was never just a passion to conquer territories, Prithvi Narayan Shah was well-known about ancient Nepal where kirats ruled and there came his ambition to unite the kingdom that had once fallen apart, but Shah managed to not only unite those lands but also make it bigger. Nepal was once divided into many states and Gorkha was one of them. In 1743 April 3rd A.D. / 1800 B.S. after the death of Nara Bhupal Shah (Father), Prithvi Narayan Shah was announced as the King of the Gorkha Region and soon after gaining the position of King at the age of 20 Prithvi Narayan Shah acted as the ruler with the hope to unite every state to one due to frequent wars and conflicts among states. Shah started his unification after taking over Nuwakot in 1745 A.D. After the victory over Nuwakot Shah conquered many other small states to his Gorkha kingdom. The tragic fact is when the Shah was in the process of unifying Greater Nepal there were Britishers who were slowly colonizing half of the world and marching towards India. Prithvi Narayan Shah then started acquiring Dolakha, Sindhupalchowk, Dahachowk and Naldum in 1754. The unification didn't slow down and soon Shah took over 46 states which were divided as Baise Rajya and Chaubhisey Rajya. After a treaty with Kathmandu, making it the capital Shah announced the country as Kingdom of Nepal in 1768 AD. Ruling over several decades and expanding his territory towards Terai, Kumaon, Garhwal, Tibet, and Simla, the Father of Modern Nepal or Kingdom of Nepal Prithivi Narayan Shah took his last breath in 1775. During his rule he conquered three Malla kingdoms, he faced losses with Kritipur, Nuwakot and other regions but with his dedication, bravery, and strategic plan he successfully created the Kingdom of Nepal before his death. But from a brave King, there comes a brave prince too, after the death of Shah his son Pratap Singh Shah took over his position and with Rajendra Laxmi (in charge of the unification) continued his Father’s ambition to conquer other territories and make it Greater Nepal. This is how the Greater Nepal unification started to build from a small state Gorkha. Though many other parties like China, Sikhs tried to stop this Unification with fear the Gorkha (Gurkhas) never stop, soon after his father’s death Pratap Singh took over Uperdang, Gadi and Chitwan also in his 18th attempt he got victory over Morang. In 1782 in charge of Rajendra Laxmi got victory over Lamjung and Tanahu soon after 3 years after the death of Rajendra Laxmi, Bahadur Shah took charge of the unification, soon after taking position Bahadur Shah attacked Bheri and conquered the territory then in 1789 Jumla gets added to the Kingdom of Nepal. In 1790 they got victory over Doti, Kumaun Srinagar, Garwal, Hindur, Beshar, and Chamba. Though Prithvi Narayan Shah died the expansion of Nepal territory was on its move as a tradition, Bhimsen Thapa Known as Nepali Hero continued with the expansion of Nepalese territory and served the kingdom of Nepal as a Prime Minister and Commander in Chief. The Kingdom of Nepal acquired most of the places and the borderline was inscribed from Sutlej to Teesta River. However, the Nepalese were unaware of the outer world and the Britishers who colonized India and were Marching towards Nepal. Britishers were worried about Nepal expanding and gathering more forces, Moreover, their main target was to do trade with Sikkim and China but there was a strong wall they needed to destroy and conquer, and it was the Kingdom of Nepal. The fate of Nepal was about to be changed.

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