Such was Prithvi Narayan's 'British policy'

One thing that has always been on the minds of those who are interested in the past history of our motherland Nepal is, what was Nepal like before Prithvinarayan Shah?

At that time, Nepal was falling apart. Conscious country-friendly scholars were worried when the name Nepal was lost. The great poet Udayananda Arjel has expressed it as follows: 

नेपाल पाटन भादगाउ भनि ता सल हुन्छ आपस् महाँ ।

नेपाल मुद्दत भो र कान्तिपुर भो नेपाल बुझ्न्या तहाँ ।।

The Bhuretakure kings of that time had different names for their kingdom. A Kathmandu was calling itself Nepal, now it is also called Kantipur and Nepal has been postponed, that is, no one has stopped calling it Nepal. Mahakavi had made this statement out of concern that Nepal would lose in name only.

After all, the king of Gorkha, a small and poor of the fifty-three kingdoms, moved forward to unite the country. Unfortunately or coincidentally, while Prithvi Narayan Shah was running a unification campaign from Gorkha, the British East India Company established a state in Bengal, India, and began to rule with trade.

When Prithvi Narayan conquered the former Sen state and annexed the Terai province to Nepal, the British started a riot by claiming that it was a hunting ground for the Nawab during the reign of the Sen king.

Later, when there was a similar quarrel with the British in the Butwal-Suraj region in the west, the ruler who did not know how to play strategic diplomacy like Prithvinarayan could not come to an agreement.

As disgust began to grow, Prithvinarayan sent his lawyer Dinanath Upadhyaya to negotiate with the company officials to see if there was any written evidence but not to leave the land. Accordingly, he returned with an agreement not to hunt but to give an elephant.

Later, when there was a similar quarrel with the British in the Butwal-Suraj region in the west, the ruler who did not know how to play strategic diplomacy like Prithvinarayan could not come to an agreement. Munshikhana's Poka no. I have given the summary of letters 1-39 here.

“B.S. In 1827, Dinanath Upadhyaya went to Darbhanga on the orders of Prithvi Narayan and freed the British from the Terai land on the condition that the 14-handed elephant given by the Makwani king would be returned to the British every year. He had returned with the paper of the remaining money of the British. Three years later, in 1830, the amount was paid and the tamsuk was torn.

Prithvi Narayan sent Bishweshwar Ajryal (Joshi) to Chaudandi saying that the page would not be cleansed while fighting with Chaubisi of Najiti West, Limbuwan. After sitting there for two years, he took his people by the hand and arranged all the proposals, so the lesson of getting hands on the eastern country soon was learned. Abhiman Singh Basnet won Chaudandi. King Karna Sen ran towards Vijaypur.

Vijaypur was also affected in August. After that, Karna Sen took refuge with Mr. Fikak Saheb in Rampur. He said that he would allow the British company to open a room in Vijaypur.

Karna Sen fell without getting any reply from Uta. Her son was a child. No. In 1834, when Dewan Dinanath Upadhyaya went to Calcutta to negotiate with Warren Hastings, Karna Sen's son also died of smallpox.

The Nagas used to loot from Haridwar to Champaran, Tihraut, Purnia, and Dinajpur under the control of the company government. Even in the way of Nepal, they used to go back and forth. Warren Hastings had expressed his desire to befriend Nepal when the council decided to make arrangements to defeat Mili Naga with Nepal. He sent a letter through Dinanath. After that, the Nagas were stopped by sending troops here. From that time on, the friendship grew.

The Nepal Durbar agreed to help and sent troops to Makwanpur under Dhaukal Singh Basnet and Partha Bhandari. At the same time, when the news of the capture of Vijaygarh came, the Nepal Army withdrew.

Later, Mirza Abdullah Veg went to talk to Dinanath Henstigs that Rautahat had taken over the job. At the same time, Chet Singh revolted in Vanaras. The news was sent to Nepal through Dinanath on the advice that the help of the hill army should be sought to defeat Chet Singh's sleeplessness Vijaygarh.

The Nepal Durbar agreed to help and sent troops to Makwanpur under Dhaukal Singh Basnet and Partha Bhandari. At the same time, when the news of the capture of Vijaygarh came, the Nepal Army withdrew.

Some people had come to help Chet Singh through Giri Saheb of Chapra. When he met Dinanath, Bada Saheb had a quarrel. Dinanath had complained that Mirza Abdullah Veg had eaten Rautahat and then Rautahat became the border of Nepal. ”