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Silence Battle: A Case of Lipulekh, Limpiyadhura and Kalapani

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What is Greater Nepal? Lot of young generations might not know the real pages of “The history of Greater Nepal”. The Greater Nepal describes the Nepal's eastern territory as Teesta River, western territory as Satluj river, Tibet to the north and Ahamdabad to the south. The treaty of Sugauli came after the Anglo-Nepalese War from 1814-1816 between Nepal and East India Company. Nepal was unified through the great courage shown by ferocious Gurkha (Gorkhalis) soldiers from the tenure of Prithvi Narayan Shah till Rana Bahadur Shah.  East India Company , a British joint stock company started to engage in Indian subcontinent since 1612 when present India was not unified and divided into multiple kingdoms. The credit of unification of India goes to the East India Company who through their expansionary vision invaded different kingdoms to expand their trade. It was when they found Nepal as a route to trade with Tibet as well as need for the cool landscape, they waged war against Nepal. ...