Posted by: GeetMaiJawaafDiu? June 20, 2020
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The country of Nepal, that was founded upon the blood, sweat, and tears of the Gorkhali soldiers such as rai, limbu, magar, gurung, chhetris and others, is about to be given away for a garage-sale price of mere $500 million dollars with a few signatures on the dotted lines. Most of you were indoctrinated from Mahendra Maalaa Nepali textbook that PN Shah, Bhakti Thapa, Amarsingh Thapa, and Balbhadra Kunwar were the handful of individuals who alone expanded Nepal's territories to establish Nepal. You have been grossly misled.It was actually the Gorkhalis who were on the frontlines at every step of the way.
Impressed by the gallantry of the Gurkhali soldiers in the battlefields before the Treaty of Sugauli, the British enlisted them in the security forces of the British Raj and the Gorkhalis continued to make their new marks. Impressed and gratified, the British returned a few Terai districts to Nepal which the latter lost in the treaty. Then during the First World War, because of the heroic performance of the Nepali soldiers ( e.g., Kulbir Thapa Magar, first Nepali VC 1915), PM Chandra Shamsher was able to convince Britain to agree to the most crucial term of the Nepal-Britain Treaty of 1923 which spelt out as :
Recognize Nepal as an independent and sovereign state by Great Britain.
Because of this treaty and the inclusion of Gorkhali soldiers in the Indian army, India and Nepal continue to have this special understanding of sovereign nations with diplomatic ties while the former invaded easy targets such as Hyderabad, and Kashmir toward the dawn of India's independence.
There are two aspects to the sovereign nation of Nepal today:
The first is the founding of the nation with her current borders, and
the second is keeping (maintaining) the founding.
It is pretty self-evident from above how instrumental the Gorkhali soldiers have been in either of those aspects.
Therefore, we need to replace Prithvi Jayanti celebration with Unity Day. The media needs to highlight the overall sacrifices of the Gorkhalis not just PN Shah, Balbhadra, Amar-singh. They were also Gorkhalis but only during the establishment of the modern Nepal.
Accepting MCC is basically disrespecting the lives lost by the Gorkhalis and sacrifices made by all the Nepalese thus far. We all have to resolutely declare No to MCC, and explore if BRI can provide a much better deal to us as a next-door neighbor.
Because of this treaty and the inclusion of Gorkhali soldiers in the Indian army, India and Nepal continue to have this special understanding of sovereign nations with diplomatic ties while the former invaded easy targets such as Hyderabad, and Kashmir toward the dawn of India's independence.
There are two aspects to the sovereign nation of Nepal today:
The first is the founding of the nation with her current borders, and
the second is keeping (maintaining) the founding.
It is pretty self-evident from above how instrumental the Gorkhali soldiers have been in either of those aspects.
Therefore, we need to replace Prithvi Jayanti celebration with Unity Day. The media needs to highlight the overall sacrifices of the Gorkhalis not just PN Shah, Balbhadra, Amar-singh. They were also Gorkhalis but only during the establishment of the modern Nepal.
Accepting MCC is basically disrespecting the lives lost by the Gorkhalis and sacrifices made by all the Nepalese thus far. We all have to resolutely declare No to MCC, and explore if BRI can provide a much better deal to us as a next-door neighbor.
Last edited: 21-Jun-20 01:10 AM