Tag: #East India Company
Articles tagged with #East India Company
The Evolution of Empire
Empires are like living organisms, they grow, mature, and die
Letters from the Western Front
More than 200 years after they were written, battlefield correspondence fill gaps in the history of the Anglo-Nepal War
Centennial of hunting diplomacy in Nepal
Prime Minister Chandra Shamsher Rana (left) with King George V (right) during a 1911 hunting expedition in the Tarai. Ten years later, he hosted…
From Nalapani to Kalapani
The forest around Khalanga fort in Nalapani, the site of the first major battle that pitted the Gorkhali troops against the East India Company…
Where Nepal’s banner once waved
The Malaun Fort stands forlorn in what is now India’s Himachal Pradesh. Photos: ALISHA SIJAPATINepali Times reporter Alisha Sijapati spent a…
The start of the Anglo-Gorkha war
View of the Gorkhali fort at Subathu. Photos: ALISHA SIJAPATINepali Times reporter Alisha Sijapati spent a month retracing the Gorkha expansion…
The Gorkhali defeat at Kangra
The ramparts of Kangra Fort were so formidable it was impossible for enemy troops to scale. A siege was the only way to try to defeat the forces…
Beginning of the end of the Gorkha Empire
Kangra Fort in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India, as seen from Maharaja Sansar Chandra Museum. The battle for this fortress in 1815 was a…