Tag: #Gorkha
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Neither side lost, both sides won
New angle on the old question of who won the Sino-Nepal war of 1791
Fire Moon launched
Gorkha Brewery has launched Fire Moon, the first-ever winter-warmer beer in Nepal. Apart from hops, malt and yeast, the beer includes four…
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 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…
Nepal’s mega-dam is a mirage
All photos: NABIN BARAL / www.thethirdpole.netPlans to build Nepal’s biggest hydropower project was been delayed by politics and compensation…
Be prepared
Earthquake Safety Day 2004 coverage. Photo: NEPALI TIMES #178 Nepal’s National Earthquake Safety Day commemorates 15 January 1934, the day when…
New High Way to Dolpo
... is not good news for trekkers
Lost in Transition
Though the medium is oil on canvas, Mann Gurung employs only sepia tones in his paintings, evoking the era of old photographs. Indeed, his…
Lost in reconstruction
OLD TO NEW: Barpak before the earthquake destroyed most of its buildings, and today with its haphazard modern concrete structures. Barpak was at…
The baker of Barpak
HELPING HANDS: The baking business is no more a one-man job for Koshi Ghale. He now has hired-help assisting him.After a night of rain, the…
Mind the gap
Seismologists say that the 2015 disaster in Nepal was the most data-rich Himalayan earthquake ever studied. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake moved…