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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

British abandoned plan to conquer Nepal: Was it a Token of Generosity or Fear of Unending War? by Laxmi Thapa (sp 25/04/2008)

Grand unification of the Himalayan region: Role of Bhakti Thapa, by Laxmi Thapa (sp 18/04/2008)

Hundred and ninety thrid anniversary day remembering Deothal battle and Bhakti Thapa, by Laxmi Thapa (sp 04/04/2008)

National hero (kp 12/01/2008)

India enslaved while Nepal remained free, by Laxmi Thapa (sp 11/01/2008) [This is not true: Only the Shahs and some other Tagadhari families remained free, the masses of Nepal became enslaved as well!!]

World Marvelled at Bhakti Thapa's Sacrifice, by Laxmi Thapa (sp 10/08/2007)

Present - day Nepal and glorious past, by Laxmi Thapa (sp 15/06/2007) [Many of the current problems are the results of the "glorious" past! When will Nepali historiography stop this glorification?]

Nepal was avant-garde, by Laxmi Thapa (sp 04/05/2007)

Nepal fought against colonialism: Bhakti Thapa, by Laxmi Thapa (sp 13/04/2007) [See also part 2 (20/04/2007)] [The Shah monarchy itself also colonized by conquering other territories!]

Bravery, honesty, patriotism and Nepal, by Laxmi  Thapa (sp 02/03/2007)

South Asia Against Colonialism, by Laxmi Thapa (sp 07/07/2006), Nepal Fought Against Colonialism: Bhakti Thapa, by Laxmi Thapa (sp 08/12/2006)

The Great Defender Of Nepal : Bhakti Thapa, by Laxmi Thapa (sp 14/04/2006)

The Great Nepal And Deothal Battle, by Laxmi Thapa (sp 07/04/2006)

Ranas hunt for ancestral treasures, by Surendra Phuyal [Wonderful moment: The talk is of people's properties that have been embezzled by Rana and Shah ancestors!] (kp 24/02/2006)

The Lahure of Kot Kangra: The legendary fort where Gorkha expansion came to a halt and the Lahure tradition was born (nt 23/12/2005)

Nepal And South Asian Unity, by Laxmi Thapa (sp 18/11/2005)

Life Of Bhakti Thapa, by Laxmi Thapa (sp 28/10/2005)

What is Deothal? Glory of Nepalese Sacrifice And Bravery, by Laxmi Thapa (sp 29/07/2005)

Bhakti Thapa Was A Legend, by Laxmi Thapa (sp 24/06/2005)

Ruminating The Rana Rule: Historian Pramod Sumsher Rana describes the rise of Rana rule, a book review (sp 03/12/2004)

Present Day Nepal and Bhakti Thapa, by Laxmi Thapa et al. (sp 03/09/2004), Amar Singh And Bhakti Thapa, by Laxmi Thapa et al (sp 17/09/2004), Prior to Anglo-Nepal war: Bhakti Thapa, by Laxmi Thapa et al. (sp 01/10/2004), Bhakti Thapa In Punjab, by Laxmi Thapa et al (sp 15/10/2004), Chinese Invasion And Bhakti Thapa, by Laxmi Thapa et al (sp 26/11/2004), British-Nepal Relation And Bhakti Thapa, by Mrs. Laxmi Thapa et al (sp 10/12/2004)

The Ranas and their way of life, by Kumar Bahadur Bhatt (pr 05/08/2004)

Coins of King Gyanendra’s first reign, by Nicholas Rhodes (kp 08/07/2004)

Keshar Shumshere: A great son of Nepal, by Kumar Bahadur Bhatta (pr 24/06/2004)

Deothal Battle Day : April 16th 1815, by Laxmi Thapa (sp 16/04/2004)

Bhakti Thapa's Sacrifice Became A Legend, by Laxmi Thapa (sp 09/04/2004), Bhakti Thapa remembered, by Hari Malitarey (pr 29/04/2004), Early Life Of Bhakiti Thapa, by Laxmi Thapa (sp 07/05/2004)

Can you speak the truth?, by Chandra Khatri (pr 08/01/2004)

Political capital: Time to move our nation’s capital to Gorkha? by Kabindra Pradhan (Nepali Times, 01/08/2003)

Bhakti Thapa: Bravest of The Braves, by Laxmi Thapa et al (Spotlight, 01/08/2003), Bhakti Thapa: Threat To British India, by Laxmi Thapa (Spotlight, 26/09/2003)

Looking for Mr Hodgson, by Kanak Mani Dixit (Nepali Times, 18/07/2003)

Forgotten Hero, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 18/07/2003), on Ujir Singh Thapa, nephew of Bhimsen Thapa

Lessons from history: Crime and Punishment, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 11/07/2003)

Bhakti Thapa And Troubled British Empire, by Laxmi Thapa et al (Spotlight, 21/03/2003)

Awakening In Himalayas And Bhakti Thapa, by Laxmi Thapa et al. (Spotlight, 29/11/2002, see also South Asia And Bhakti Thapa, by Laxmi Thapa et al. (Spotlight, 13/12/2002) and The Battle Of Deothal And Bhakti Thapa, by Laxmi Thapa et al. (Spotlight, 27/12/2002)

Dynasty: A lavish new book takes a nostalgic look back at the Rana century, by Kunda Dixit (Nepali Times, 25/10/2002)

Territorial Expansion Of Nepal, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 07/09/2002), see also part 2 (21/09/2002)

DOA indifferent to Jitgadhi Fort (Kathmandu Post, 04/07/2002)

Heritage tour : The ruins of Mangalsen palace, by Razen Manandhar (Sunday Post, 10/03/2002)

Heir to a Silent Song : Two Rebel Women of Nepal, by Barbara Nimri Aziz (Kathmandu Post, 10/03/2002)

Democracy Day : Once again, by Bijaya Lal Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 19/02/2002)

A Page from History: Rise And Fall Of The Rana Regime, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 09/02/2002), see also part 2 (23/02/2002), part 3 (09/03/2002)

Martyrdom in time of democrativ decay, by Puskar Bhusal (Nepali Times, 08/02/2002)

The making of a nation, by Basanta Lohani (Kathmandu Post, 15/01/2002)

The Great Unifier, by Hemlata Rai (Nepali Times, 11/01/2002)

Prithvi Narayan Shah I, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 22/12/2201)

King Tribhuvan And His Times, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 15/09/2001), see also part 2 (29/09/2001), part 3 (13/10/2001), part 4 (03/11/2201)

Fort in disrepair: Sindhuli, by Sagar Kumar Dhakal (Sunday Post, 12/08/2001)

Royal Nepalese Army: Force For Unity, by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 27/07/2001)

Synopsis Of The Anglo-Nepal Relation I, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 21/07/2001); see also part 2 (04/08/2001)

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Unsung Hero, by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 15/06/2001)

Nepal State - North of India (People's Review, 24/05/2001), a British view from the times of Chandra Shamsher

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The Constitution That Was Never Implemented, by Ramesh C Arya (Rising Nepal, 14/04/2001)

Reminiscence: Juddha Shumsher And The Sorceress (Rising Nepal, 03/04/2001)

The Nepal Communist Party, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 31/03/2001), see also Part 2 (Rising Nepal, 14/04/2001)

Sikh Sway, by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 30/03/2001)

Gorkha Pathshala, a historical monument, by Puran P Bista (Sunday Post, 25/03/2001)

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Gorkha Pathshala, a historical monument, by Puran P Bista (Sunday Post, 18/03/2001)

Christian Missionaries In Nepal, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 17/03/2001)

The Rana resonance, by C.K. Lal (Nepali Times, 16/02/2001)

The Rana Prime Ministers, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 10/02/2001)

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Shukra Raj, an elderly martyr, by Ramesh C Arya (Kathmandu Post, 29/01/2001)

A page from History, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 13/01/2001)

Prithvi Narayan Shah The Great: Architect Of Modern Nepal, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 11/01/2001), see also editorial National Unity Day (Rising Nepal, 12/01/2001)

Gorkha: The Kingdom Of Nepal, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 06/01/2001)

Chainpur In The Picture, by PNK (Sunday Despatch, 17/09/2000)

Social Life Under Rana Regime, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 06/09/2000); part 2 (18/09/2000), part 3 (03/10/2000), part 5 (11/11/2000), part 6 (25/11/2000), part 7 (01/09/2001)

Venerating the Veterans, by Ramesh Parajuli (Kathmandu Post, 27/08/2000), a book review

Foreign policy readings (Kathmandu Post, 23/08/2000)

Matrimonial Alliance Between Shahs & Ranas, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 05/08/2000)

Lest he signed Indo-Nepal Treaty documents carte blanche, by Yadav Khanal (People's Review, 03/08/2000)

Book on social reform pioneer Yogamaya released (Rising Nepal, 16/07/2000)

The Nepalese Labour Market – A Historical Macro – Perspective, by Meena Acharya (Telegraph, 29/03/2000)

Jung Bahadur remembered, by D.L. Bhandari (Kathmandu Post, 24/02/2000)

Democracy means justice, prosperity, by Rajesh Man K.C. (Sunday Despatch, 20/02/2000)

Freedom and prosperity, by Gandhi Raj Kafle (Rising Nepal, 19/02/2000)

Battle of Kohima and Gurkha Rifles, by Elwin Yesca (The Sunday Post, 16 January 2000)

Imagining Nepal (The Rising Nepal, 12 January 2000)

Prithvi Narayan Shah The Great: architect of modern Nepal, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (The Rising Nepal, 11 January 2000)

Return Darjeeling to Nepal: Madan Regmi (The People's Review, 23 December 1999)

Background

Wither Nepal, a book written by Dilli Raman Regmi, Kathmandu 1952

A Century of Family Autocracy in Nepal, a book written by Dilli Raman Regmi, Kathmandu 1949

Limbuwan Gorkha War: On battles fought between the King of Gorkha and the rulers of various principalities of Limbuwan from 1771 to 1774 AD. The war came to an end in 1774 with the Limbuwan Gorkha treaty which recognised Limbu peoples' right to Kipat land in Limbuwan and full autonomy.

The Revolution of 1950/51, by Karl-Heinz Kraemer, translated and revised excerpt from Nepal - der lange Weg zur Demokratie, Bad Honnef/Unkel: Horlemann, 1991

The Shah Kings of Gorkha and Nepal (since 1559), see also Shah kings since Prithvinarayan

Rana Prime Ministers (1846-1951)

Nepal as a sovereign independent state

Treaty of "Peace and Friendship" between the Government of India and the Government of Nepal, 1950

Treaty with British India, 01/11/1860

Treaty of Sugauli, 1815, see also other web site (alternative link)