NEPAL
Rupandehi
This ground changed hands repeatedly between Palpa, Awadh and Gorkha. Butwal, at the mouth of the hills, was the prize, and the argument over exactly these tracts helped bring on the war with the British in 1814.
WHO RULEDKingdom of Nepal (Shah dynasty)Direct rule · since 1782 CE
REIGNINGGirvan Yuddha Bikram Shah1799 CE–1816 CEReigned through Nepal's greatest territorial expansion and its defeat in the Anglo-Nepalese War, which cost the kingdom the losses of the Sugauli Treaty.
Ruled over time (5 spans)
- Tarai principalities (Awadh-influenced)100 CE – 1782 CE
- Kingdom of Nepal (Shah dynasty)1782 CE – 1846 CE
- Kingdom of Nepal (Rana oligarchy)1846 CE – 1951 CE
- Kingdom of Nepal1951 CE – 2008 CE
- Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal2008 CE – today