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Amish Mulmi
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Author, All Roads Lead North: Nepal's Turn to China | South Asia @ContextIndia | UK @HurstPublishers | US @OxUniPress |
Mar 24 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
Good time to recall the debate over status of Nepal's independence during the British Raj, particularly b/n late 19th cent and 1923, when the treaty confirming Nepal's independence was signed by the British. Short 🧵: Key here is: a) Nepal [and its rulers] always considered Nepal to be beyond the Raj's frontiers and an independent state. It had treaty relations w/ both Tibet and Qing China.
b) The Raj often encompassed territory they didn't 'officially' directly rule[Indian princely states] +
Jun 18, 2020 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
Mao's 'five fingers & palm' theory regarding Tibet & Nepal, Sikkim, Arunachal, Bhutan & Ladakh is popularly put forth as examples of CCP's territorial designs south of the Himalayas.
However, there is little evidence Mao said so. Thread with a dive into history follows: The first recorded evidence of the 'five fingers' comes from Scottish missionary George Patterson in his 1957 book God's Fools (p. 235). Note that he doesn't attribute it to Mao; in fact, there is no source but attributed to a Communist communication: Image
May 20, 2020 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
It's great to see @NAYA_PATRIKA story based on historical sources. However, like most narratives on Kalapani, this one too takes sources that suit its version of history & claims. A short rejoinder to some of the points the essay raises: 1) How Indian checkposts came to be on Nepal-China border:
Most Nepali narratives, like this story, believe it was MP Koirala who invited Indian army to train Nepali forces. However, Cowan rebuts this w/ the help of Indian IB chief BN Mullick's memoirs, in which he writes..
Feb 16, 2020 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
Kamal Ratna Tuladhar is a one-man historical archive on Newar traders in Lhasa. His father, Karuna Ratna, along with his uncles ran the Ghoraysar trading house, and he's written Caravan to Lhasa that recounts what it was like to be a Newar trader on the Silk Road at the time. 1/n I met him to talk about the traders, and he showed me a treasure trove of letters, telegrams, and old business documents that tell the history of Newar traders unlike any. Thread follows: 2/n