Ok a motherland is just a term used as someone's native land. But the way you talk you make it seem its a human characteristic between a mother and father. And please, next time don't twist my words. I only gave an example as economically, I didn't say that IT WAS THE ONLY FACTOR. know that ECONOMY is what runs the country. And my thoughs on your factor 1) What if British made Nepal an unified India So what if it did? During british rule, even if they ruled Nepal and called it "BRITISH INDIA" after the struggle for independence, no doubt would nepal be its own country again. You know why? India wouldn't try to keep Nepal part of them because India knows that Nepal had a long history of an unified independent soverign state. And look and India. After the British left, West India broke away and was called PAKISTAN and the bengal area became east pakistan later Bangladesh. 2) What if they left us like Hong Kong which struggled for freedom but ended up in the cruel regime of China? When MAO and communist regime took over China, the Republicans ran to Taiwan and other places. Those island comprimises of people that were once were from the mainland. IT's all political. And to this day, china fights to have taiwan back. And the whole thing about Hong Kong. Hong Kong was originally chinese, the British took it cos it was in the middle between their empire, and could have been used as a point. The British and the Chinese had made a compromise that Hong Kong would be given back to China in matter of years. That is why Hong Kong is now part of China, they didn't just go and invade and took over Hong Kong. The Agreement ended, and the British handed Hong Kong back to China through foreing policy not through blood bath. 3) What if their policies failed in our country n turned our country like afghanistan where Soviets made mistake? What's there in Afghanistan? What makes afghanistan a strategic point. Didn't you know the British tried to colonize nepal 3 (or so) but failed? If they tried to colonize it, I'm sure there were reasons. Read some of my comments on why the British wanted Nepal. Some of the reasons were the security from the himalayas, the great water source, the temperature etc. They would have made a metropolitaion city out of kathmandu. It would have been the best trading post for them. And look how east india tea prospered. East nepal was perfect for tea plantation etc, that is why they stole darjeeling from us. Yes they would use our resources, but what resource do we have besides forest and hemp and other textile. They robbed India becaue of gold and the kohinoor jewl. They didn't rob any tea! They made plantation. And if the british did the same to nepal, we would have eventually prospered because at the end, they would have abandoned everything they had built, and we would be using what they left. That's what India did. 4) 4.What if British found it useless piece of difficult terrein and left it untouched but still taking the tax from the people? Well the more difficult the terrain, the better defense. I'm not saying they make roads in every corner of the country, just to the main cities and post. 5) What if Nepal was already a developed country but couldnt just defend British army? Well it wasn't a developed country. It wouldnt' have developed in western standard. If it was developed, at that time of imperalism, it would have been conquering other countries just like the british. 6) why not make the whole world USA since it is the most powerful nation in the world , if you say "opportunism is what drives to sucess" ,a powerful country can invade another without any legitimate reason? I can't just make the whole world USA. And there is always something that can not be done, wether oppurtunism is there or not. The fact is AMERICA wouldn't have the oppurtunity to capture the whole world. IF it were the only country, then maybe us. America is already sucessful. And your last part, 30% of the people in india left hungry after the british. Well guess what The poverty and hunger in nepal is more than 30% before, now, and will be in future. And the ranas, the shahs and the congress is still doing that, worse than the british. Yes its a shame that another country comes to your land and starves your people, but its more shameful when your own government does that to you! Atleast the british would have developed the country and would have given the standard of education even if treating us bad etc. OUR OWN GOVERNEMTN COULDN't even given anything, but TORTURE.