The Greater Nepal

"Paschim Ma Killa Kangra Purba Ma Teesta Pugetheu

Kun Shakti Ko Agadi Kahile Hami Jhuketheun"

The above lines describe the past situation of Nepal when the unification campaign of The Great King Prithivi Narayan Shah had extended Nepal's boundaries to it's extremes. Under the Sugauli Treaty, the Nepalese kingdom had ceded the territories conquered by the British East India Company that spanned from the Teesta River in the east, which are constituted in the modern Indian states of Punjab,Himachal Pradesh,Sikkim and West Bengal and Uttarakhand and including places such as Almora, Pathankot, Kumaon, Dehradun, Garhwal, Sirmur and Shimla and Kangra, located to the west of the Sutlej River in the modern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Nepal also ceded control over kingdom of Sikkim, whose local ruler, the Chogyal, had supported the British in the war, as well as the north of the Rajshahi division of Bangladesh. The re-acquisition of these territories is a goal held by several Nepali political groups,especially the parts of then Nepal integrated into India only because of the consequence of the Sugauli treaty concluded between British India and the Nepalese government.

The Greater Nepal is what we deserve....

The Greater Nepal was the result of continuous hard effort of all Nepali soldiers who fought bravely against other states. The very idea of "Complete (Greater) Nepal" motivates not only some Nepali nationalists but a majority of Nepalese academicians,who seek to extend the boundaries of present-day Nepal to include the very territories ceded under the Sugauli Treaty. As the ceded territories were not restored to Nepal by the British when freedom was granted to the people of British India, these have become a part of the Republic of India even though it was mentioned that the treaties on behalf of the East India Company or British India would not be valid anymore. Some Nepali politicians and activists accuse India of usurping Nepali territory and using the present border and territorial situation to dominate Nepal, which in the opinion of Nepali nationalists can be overcome by a "Complete (Greater) Nepal."Most law graduates claim that the Sugauli Treaty became null and void on August 15, 1947 when India obtained her independence from British Raj and by the 1950 Indo-Nepal Friendship Treaty.Several Nepalese publications and activities claim the lost territories must be recovered since the Sugauli Treaty has in effect been void by article 8 of the 1950 Indo-Nepal Friendship Treaty and Anglo-Nepal Treaty. So looking at the facts we are the ones who deserve all the states not India.

 

Greater Nepal[Past]

Nepal[Present]

Greater issues of India trying to encroach our land are arising day by day, but the fact is: everyone is silent. They have placed their evil foots on our places such as Nalapani and Susta. It has been said that the dash gaja at the no mans land are shifted every now and then to the side of Nepal which means India is taking what is of ours slowly and steadily. If we stay quiet like this, in coming twenty years or so, the day is not too far when we have to call ourselves Indians. And I know that we will never give up what we are to become one of them, no matter whatever happens. Lets try to stop this by raising voice. Lets help Manoj Pandit in this process. Lets show them that we are still the same Nepali, the one whom the best of the bests feared. Jai Nepal.

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