The colonial powers like Britain invaded South Asia. After the 17th century, when many tiny states and principalities were quarreling among themselves, and were not really aware of the British move for trading in this part of the world, the visionary King Prithvi Narayan understood the trend and was determined to unify Nepal to counter the British invasion. Likewise, he was fully aware of the development of China in Tibet and cautious to manage geopolitics as well.The Nepal Army’s military history coincides with the country’s history, because the rulers used the military due to the tool to prolong their regime. The rulers after Prithvi Narayan and Bahadur Shah were neither innovative nor creative to administer the conquered territory like a nation. From 1743, as soon as the Nepal Army was founded, at times it still existed at the disposal of this Shah rulers to de-facto powers like Bhimsen Thapa and Jung Bahadur. Your process of democratic transition, it was also used to crush insurgency. The justification for this may be debatable, but the army was always loyal towards regime which was formed by popular mandate. Nepal’s geopolitical location also compelled the country to make sure to please the two giant neighbours in the south and north. Bhimsen Thapa failed in his endeavour to retain Greater Nepal and was compelled to sign the 1816 Treaty with the East India Company, which confined his dominion to Nepal’s present boundary. But Jung Bahadur Rana managed to thrill the British by providing them military support, both lawful and unlawful. In return, he regained the lost territory of Banke, Bardiya, Kailali and Kanchanpur from the British in 1860. Under Bahadur Shah and Bhimsen Thapa, the Nepalis conquered not only the hill states of the Gandaki and Karnali basin but also Kumaon and Garhwal, usually are now part of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. The eastward expansion reached up to Tista River by Prithvi Narayan Shah himself. The westward drive was halted partially by way of Nepal’s aggressive policy towards Tibet over trade and border issues, triggering a Chinese invasion. Also, Ranjit Singh, the ruler of Punjab, checked Nepal’s westward move on the Sutlej in the winter of 1809-10
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