AUTHOR
Hadi Ahmadzadeh
Hadi is a postgraduate History student at SOAS University in London. He is primarily focused on the history of South Asia and the lingering effects of western imperialism in this region.
by Hadi Ahmadzadeh Introduction At the beginning of the 19th century the East India Company was establishing its stranglehold on the South Asian subcontinent. They were not the only imperial force in the region however, as Bhimsen Thapa, Prime Minister of the newly founded Gorkha kingdom of Nepal, turned his expansionist gaze to the south
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