Nepalese fought bravely with British, stories of which you read on Nalapani etc. However, they were no match for the British might who engulfed India via East India Company's brandname. Brits didn't have much interest in Nepal and just didn't wanted much disturbances from Nepal or her Northern Neighbour. Thus We had Sugauli sandhi. Ranas were like British Representative to Nepal (Remember CHandra Shamsher selling all those trees for British Railroad in India, for the cheapest price). British had Nepal on check all the time, but we can atleast take a pride on saying that we fought bravely with them, and we were sovereign nation all the time.