On Treaty And Negotiations

What actually sustained Nepal’s sovereignty and independence? The volume “State and Craft: Readings on the 1923 Nepal-Britain Friendship Treaty,” edited by Tika Prasad Dhakal, revolves primarily around this question. The research essays by Tika Prasad Dhakal, Alaka Aatreya Chudal, Bharat Raj Paudyal, Hem Sagar Baral, John Whelpton, Mohan Mainali, Kanak Mani Dixit, Shubhanga Pandey and Rob Fenn shed light on the context of Nepal-Britain relations in the early twentieth century, particularly the 1923 treaty, signed on 21 December 1923 at Singha Durbar, and on how it shaped the country’s subsequent course.