Amazing and detailed. Thanks for presenting this great video on our nepalese history

deserves more views, surprised this video has less then 1.5 K. Hope in the next coming months it grows, really feels like it would have at least a few tens of thousands

this war ended with the death of bhakti thapa a great hero of nepal the british upon finding him dead with his traditional red scarf on gathered up his body covered it in red silk and brought it too the enemy camp before giving a 21 gun salute out of respect for the dead and helping the people to build his funeral pyre bhakti thapa had been killed rushing over the 3rd of 3 wooden ramparts armed with a shotgun and a khukri knife he had pretty much single handledly taken both the forward fortifications and was climbing over the third when he was shot and killed. the british were so impressed by his bravery that their commanding officer stopped his men from desecrating the body and returned it respectfully too the enemy. the nepalese government came to peace and decided to join the british military the next day, and from that point onwards the ghurka have been a proud part of the british military. bhakti thapi deserves his own video.

@TheDawa11

26 күн бұрын

He was 75 years brave old man stood infront of Canon ball.

Deserves more views great video man🎉

In battle on nalapani fort, there were 600 nepalese which included woman and children going against 3500 British soldiers. Throughout the battle Nepal were heavily outnumbered and British had much more advanced weapons.

Insane that there aren’t more subscribers. I joined the Patreon and would encourage others to as well.

@StoicHistorian

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

So many videos on lesser known areas of the world. Love you videos 🙏

Great video love from nepal❤❤❤

Great job brother. Much respect on covering this topic

Great choices of topics lately. American education doesn't really cover Asia so we miss out on formative moments of history. I see a lot of parallels in the successful use of the Kukri knife by the Gurka and the Tomahawk axe made famous by the Algonquin native Americans. It's crazy to think bayonets only recently have been phased out in most military units.

@bastait

3 ай бұрын

this is so well stated and if anything an understatement i dont think most americans know european history very well and asia is a complete blank to them.

@user-qq2vq4fv8b

7 күн бұрын

​@@bastait l have found that their knowledge of their own history is pretty hazy as well.

Sometimes, even bravery isn't enought...

@ManiKumar-ht1cf

5 ай бұрын

Bravery has to be kept going with a a dose of diplomacy and frequent touché of touch of humanity and dignity to the people fighting you.Had the Hindu kings out of 565 principality joined the Gorkhas and fought against the British thezBritishersvhadvno alternative but to go back.the land was foreign to them the food available were not what they were used to eating the important factor that could have antiBritis was the diverse languages we used our culture of spiritually receiving the unknown all these factors led to our setback

@bastait

3 ай бұрын

the way the british ended the war in nepal makes me proud the way they started it makes me ashamed to share a species with them. humans are complicated and thats why i like them just when you think they are all bad they will surprise you and the opposite is unfortunately the same. @@ManiKumar-ht1cf

Can you do a video on the myour war?

The British had an Insatiable greed for land and possesions .

Can you make a video about the Anglo Sikh wars?

Jay Gorkha 🦁🇳🇵🔱😊

Nice bro love from Nepal 🇳🇵

@bastait

3 ай бұрын

the fact we have no bhakti thapa video on youtube bugs me.

@bastait

3 ай бұрын

youire ancestors are nuts and think thats amazing.

Can you explain to me why does my comments keep getting deleted? I took so much efforts to write that.

@StoicHistorian

12 күн бұрын

I have no idea sorry to hear that! I always appreciate kind words

Jay nepal

it was just not a war it was it was real trouble of Nepalis people

@MRT-co1sd

24 күн бұрын

Still trouble as the Ghurkas has to fight for the British for earning next to nothing. Many died even now in Ukraine.

@user-qq2vq4fv8b

7 күн бұрын

​@@MRT-co1sdwhat are you talking about?

The bravery and fighting ability of the gurkhas were outright lies or exaggerated to make the gurkhas feel special about joining the British army. In reality the English needed cannon fodder soldiers and realized they can get stupid people to join if they convince them that they come from a warrior culture. The gurkhas almost always come from dirt poor communities with no education so they were easier to convince that they were genetically stronger and inherently braver than others in Asia. Plus a lot of British historians admit that the times gurkhas were absolutely humiliated on the battlefield generally got buried throughout history and when they performed well they gave them more praise to inflate their ego's. This divide and conquer method was especially useful in turning different groups of south Asians against each other for the benefit of the colonial masters.

@StoicHistorian

Ай бұрын

Their is definitely some truth in that, but living in the e Himalayas does make you a physical beast

@SunnySide388

Ай бұрын

@@StoicHistorian I'm sure it made them stronger than most city folk but the Gurkhas were by no means physically formidable in anyway. Their average height was significantly shorter than even most south Asian people, we know this because their government issued armour was tiny. Even today they're quite small in stature.

@StoicHistorian

Ай бұрын

@@SunnySide388 short but strong is a dangerous combo and a small target

@SunnySide388

Ай бұрын

@@StoicHistorian I suppose you're right about that but there's only so much muscle you can pack onto such a small frame. Compared to the Marathas, Sikhs, and Pashtun the Gurkhas wouldn't have stood a chance though especially if it comes down to close quarters hand to hand combat. There actually aren't even that many reliable sources on weather the Gurkhas ever successfully dispatched an enemy with their Khukri's. It's all just exaggerated lore to keep an entire group of people under the yolk of European powers. The best way to victimize someone is to convince them they were never a victim in the first place.

@azaymalla8698

Ай бұрын

​@@SunnySide388 only height doesn't make u strong brother ,if only height matters then Mongols weren't able to conquered that vast amount of land

Here i am 😄

@StoicHistorian

6 ай бұрын

Glad you could make it pal

@larrywave

6 ай бұрын

@@StoicHistorian always 👍

I always laught when people bring up the stories of their ancestors's wars with the British as great acts of "Bravery". For me, it's just great acts of STUPUDITY ! I mean, seriously guys, fighting against the most powerful empire of the time is just sheer madness. Whenever i see these tiny little nations fighting the massive British Empire, one question always pops up in my mind : "What the hell is going on in their heads ? What makes them believe they can win ? Why can't these countries understand after seeing the fate of all those who tried to resist that what they intend to do is litteraly an impossible task ?" Especialy small countries like Nepal. What matters most is winning the war. So when a country loses a war, i don't give a sh*t about their "Bravery" or "Valour". All what i understand is you won or you lost. You lost ? Then don't tell me about your glorious and brave resistance, because it simply doesn't interest me. You lost, then that simply means you're a loser. Nothing more, nothing less. I honestly think that the tales of bravery of defeated peoples is just an excuse by the descandants of these people to retain some dignity after their miserable and obvious crushing defeats. And i REALLY think that these people themselves perfectly know that they are speaking crap 'cause they want to find a sense of pride so hard even when there isn't anything to be proud about in defeat...

@StoicHistorian

6 ай бұрын

I hear what you’re saying but they did give the British a run for their money for a bit. Might as well try if you’re going to get invaded right, rather than get stomped and colonized with no submission

@LENARRATEUR-ce5vo

6 ай бұрын

@@StoicHistorian Thailand submitted without a fight and they fared better than their neighbors who resisted AKA Myanmar and Vietnam...

@StoicHistorian

6 ай бұрын

yeah i really only know naresuan as far as his role in the toungoo wars, but im sure he has more great stories@@LENARRATEUR-ce5vo

@StoicHistorian

6 ай бұрын

@@LENARRATEUR-ce5vo oh I just realized that I was thinking of the wrong video when I commented this. And yeah you are definitely right about Thailand fairing well in the colonial age, but that is a huge exception in the era. The Nepalese probably thought they were gonna end up like the rest of British India

@bl1754

4 ай бұрын

don't be a sore winner