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Treaty of Sugauli, 2nd December 1815 between East India Company
and the kingdom of Nepal
Done at Segowlee, on the 2nd day of December 1815.
PARIS BRADSHAW, Lt. Col., P.A.
Received this treaty from Chunder Seekur Opedeea, Agent on the part of the Rajah Nepal, in the valley of Muckwaunpoor, at half-past two o’clock p.m. on the 4th of March 1816, and delivered to him the Counterpart Treaty on behalf of the British Government.
Suggestions of modern words:
East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
and the kingdom of Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
Article - I
There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between the Honourable East India Company and the King of Nepal.Article - II
The Rajah of Nepal renounces all claim to the lands which were the subject of discussion between the two States before the war, and acknowledges the right of the Honourable Company to the sovereignty of those lands.Article - III
The Rajah of Nepal hereby cedes to the Honourable the East India Company in perpetuity all the under-mentioned territories, viz-- 1: – The whole of the lowlands between the Rivers Kali and Rapti.
- 2: – The whole of the low lands (with the exception of Bootwul Khass) lying between the Rapti and the Gunduck.
- 3:– The whole of the lowlands between the Gunduck and Coosah, in which the authority of the British Government has been introduced, or is in actual course of introduction.
- 4:– All the low lands between the Rivers Mitchee and the Teestah.
- 5:– All the territories within the hills eastward of the River Mitchee including the fort and lands of Nagree and the Pass of Nagarcote leading from Morung into the hills, together with the territory lying between that pass and nagerr. The aforesaid territory shall be evacuated by the Gurkha troops within forty days from this date.
Article - IV
With a view to indemnify the Chiefs and Barahdars of the State of Nepal, whose interests will suffer by the alienation of the lands ceded by the foregoing Article, the British Government agrees to settle pensions to the aggregate amount of two lakhs of rupees per annum on such Chiefs as may be selected by the Rajah of Nepal, and in the proportions which the Rajah may fix. As soon as the selection is made, Sunnuds shall be granted under the seal and signature of the Governor General for the pensions respectively.Article - V
The Rajah of Nepal renounces for himself, his heirs, and successors, all claim to or connextion with the countries lying to the west of the River Kali and engages never to have any concern with those countries or the inhabitants there of.Article - VI
The Rajah of Nepal engages never to molest to disturb the Rajah of Sikkim in the possession of his territories; but agrees, if any difference shall arise between the State of Nepal and the Rajah of Sikkim, or the subjects of either, that such differences shall be referred to the arbitration of the British Government by which award the Rajah of Nepal engages to abide.Article - VII
The Rajah of Nepal hereby engages never to take of retain in his service any British subject, nor the subject of any European or American State, without the consent of the British Government.Article - VIII
In order to secure and improve the relations of amity and peace hereby established between the two States, it is agreed that accredited Ministers from each shall reside at the Court of the other.Article - IX
This treaty, consisting of nine Articles, shall be ratified by the Rajah of Nepal within fifteen days from this date, and the ratification shall be delivered to Lieutenant-Colonel Bradshaw, who engages to obtain and deliver the ratification of the Governor-General within twenty days, or sooner, if practicable.Done at Segowlee, on the 2nd day of December 1815.
PARIS BRADSHAW, Lt. Col., P.A.
Received this treaty from Chunder Seekur Opedeea, Agent on the part of the Rajah Nepal, in the valley of Muckwaunpoor, at half-past two o’clock p.m. on the 4th of March 1816, and delivered to him the Counterpart Treaty on behalf of the British Government.
Note
Many words are not as per modern usage, they are written the same way as they were at that timeSuggestions of modern words:
- Bootwul - ButwalButwalButwal is a large town in southern Nepal in Rupandehi District, in Lumbini Zone -- of which Butwal is the administrative center. It is located 240 kilometres west of Kathmandu and 22 kilometers north of Bhairahawa, at the northern edge of the Terai plain below the Siwalik Hills...
- Gunduck - GandakGandakThe Kali Gandaki or Gandaki River is one of the major rivers of Nepal and a left bank tributary of the Ganges in India It is also called Krishna Gandaki in Nepal. In Nepal the river is notable for its deep gorge through the Himalayas and its enormous hydroelectric potential...
- Coosah - KushahaKushahaKushaha is a village development committee in Saptari District in the Sagarmatha Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4852 people living in 819 individual households....
- Mitchee - Mechi RiverMechi RiverThe Mechi River is a trans-boundary river flowing through Nepal and India. It is a tributary of the Mahananda River.-Course:The Mechi originates in the Mahabharat Range in Nepal...
- Teestah - Teesta RiverTeesta RiverRiver Teesta or Tista is said to be the lifeline of the Indian state of Sikkim, flowing for almost the entire length of the state and carving out verdant Himalayan temperate and tropical river valleys. The emerald-coloured river then forms the border between Sikkim and West Bengal before joining...
- Nagarcote - NagarkotNagarkotNagarkot is a village and Village Development Committee located 32 km east of Kathmandu, Nepal in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3,504 and had 655 houses in it. At an elevation of 2,195 meters, it is considered one of the...
- Nagree - Nagari, village in Darjeeling districtDarjeeling districtDarjeeling District is the northernmost district of the state of West Bengal in eastern India in the foothills of the Himalayas. The district is famous for its beautiful hill stations and Darjeeling tea. Darjeeling is the district headquarters...
- Morung - Morang DistrictMorang DistrictMorang District , a part of Kosi Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Biratnagar as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,855 km² and has a population of 843,220....
- Sugowlee - SugauliSugauliSugauli is a city and a notified area in East Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the setting for Rudyard Kipling's story "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi".-Demographics:...
- Chander Seekur Opedeea - Chandra Shekhar Upadhyay