Conflict in Asia: A Case Study of Nepal (An Old and Rare Book: Only 1 Quantity Available)

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The present study is a continuation of my previous work BRITISH INDIA'S RELATIONS WITH THE KINGDOM OF NEPAL: 1857-1947 (A diplomatic History of Nepal, which was published by George Allen and Unwin, London in 1970. In the earlier book I discussed British India's Relations with Nepal until 1947 i.e, till the end of the British rule in India. The period from independence of India until now needed some discussion, hence I along with Dr. Asifa Anwar decided to work on this important topic which we consider is crucial not only to the peace of this region, but for the peace of the world.

The present work covers full thirty years period (1947-1978). During this thirty years period I made several trips to Nepal to understand the internal and external political position of that area. Unlike my previous work the present study is based mainly on:

(i) Meeting a number of people of different walks of life in India and Nepal, discussing with them the conditions and relations on different aspects of the problems relating to this area.

(ii) Reviewing some of the recent and other literature concerning the relationship between these two countries.

(iii) Discussing the problems with the leaders in different parts of the world on this issue.

(iv) Personal observations and requesting for and voluntarily obtaining from a number of Former Leaders the answers to the questions put to them especially prepared for the purpose of this study.

Specially the last chapter which is totally based on our recent trip to Nepal and India, which provided us a lot of information which is not available otherwise. This book is divided into two periods: 1947-1960; 1961 to the present day.

We have tried to present the position of Nepal vis-a-vis India and China as clearly as possible and without any bias. We have tried to accommodate all point of views so that the readers must get a clear picture of international relations of this region.

We appreciate help in different ways given to us by many friends and scholars. In this connection we like to thank Dr. Qeyamuddin Ahmad, Professor of History, Patna University, for reading manuscript and giving many valuable suggestions. It was nice of him to write the foreword for this book also.

Mr. Hasan Naim who had varied experience in foreign service has discussed this matter in depth with us. For which we also like to thank him.

We appreciate Mr. Imtiaz Ahmad, Lecturer in History, Patna University for reading the first draft of the manuscript.

We thank Dr. Paul T. Welty, Professor of Political Science and Director of Asian Studies, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago for encouraging us to continue the study on Nepal. We also like to thank the Department of Political Science and specially to Dr. Edris Frederick, Chair-person of the Department for all possible help.

We would also like to thank Mr. Rishikesh Shaha, Former Foreign Minister of Nepal for having discussed the issue with us in great detail, while we were in Nepal this year.

Part of the manuscript had been read in Mid-West Asian affairs conference and at the Canadian Conference on Asian Affairs for which we are indebted to all those who participated in our pannel and made valuable contributions and suggestions.

We also thank the Committee on Organized Research of Northeastern Illinois University for granting partial financial aid towards this research project.

We would very much like to put on record that beside the individuals who took personal interest there are numerous political leaders, scholars and common people in India, Nepal and United States to whom we like to thank because without their honest, sincere, frank and unbiased opinion which they expressed this work would not have been in this form.

We also like to thank the Indian Institute of Islamic Studies for inviting us as a visiting Professor and providing us the facilities of the staff to help us to finalise the manuscript to go to the press.

We would also like to mention the name of our friend Mr. M Rasgotra, former Indian Ambassador to Nepal and currently ambassador to Neitherland for his interest in Napal and encouragement given to us to continue this study of international relations of this strategic region.

Finally, we do appreciate the interest shown by Messrs. Classical Publications, New Delhi, in handling this work in the shortest possible ti ne against many odds.

We understand that inspite of help we received in the preparation of this book there are bound to be some short-comings, for which only we are responsible and no one else. Nonetheless we will feel extremely satisfied if our work helps its readers to understand the problems faced by a small country like Nepal.

We do understand that we have covered a vast subject in a rather concise manner, hence many points might have been overlooked by us. We sincerely hope that the students of this region forgive us for what we are unable to include.