Switzerland and Vatican City? EDIT: Okay, I think you guys have pointed that out over 20 times by several different users, you can stop now. EDIT #2: Alright, alright, I got your messages already. I know a square is a rectangle.
Slight correction at 1:44, British didn't acquire Darjeeling from Bhutan, rather it was acquired from Nepal after Sugauli Treaty during the end of Anglo-Nepal war. Before Anglo-Nepal war and Sugauli Treaty, Nepal's border extended from Tista (modern day southern part of Sikkim) to Kangada (modern day Uttarakhand state of India), after the treaty Nepal gave up these territories to British East India Company and now at present lies in India.
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Which Nepal had previously taken from Sikkim. So basically Sikkim had Darjeeling, Nepal took it from Sikkim, then Brits defeated Nepal and forced Nepal to give Darjeeling back to Sikkim....then proceeded to take Darjeeling for itself as nothing can stop the British from having tea and Darjeeling is a tea producing region
As a Bhutanese I have to say that the short of it is we had nothing of value. Even the trading routes were undesirable. The best thing we have to offer is to be a buffer state.
@@universalsoldier811 the only reason we have that is also because we can't afford to. It's a bit like a poor man bragging about how smart he is because he didn't buy a Mercedes. Like sure but it's not like he did it because choose not to do it.
I have long found it interesting that along the Indian-Chinese border, there are not one, but _two_ independent states that aren't a part of either! Now, I know why: mountains, instability in the Mughal Empire, British-Chinese relations, Tibet, and more mountains! Thanks for the video! Edit from 28 August 2023: I have over 100 replies, which I didn't expect! That's the most replies I've gotten yet!
The whole India-China dispute is literally just Britain"s fault, bad borders and not telling the locals you changed the lines. Edit: my shitty auto correct
Story goes that the Gurkhas of Nepal were such amazing warriors, that whilst our former Empire maybe could've wiped them out, it would've been so costly for us every which way, that we decided to recruit them instead 😂 There's stories from WW2, of tiny Gurkha units or even lone Gurkha soldiers obliterating numerous NSDAP soldiers.
@Night Phoenix .L _ just chan_ ge the "india-china" to anything else and it will still make since" _The whole middle east dispute is literally just Britain"s fault, bad borders and not telling the locals you changed the lines. Edit: my shitty auto correct_ "
@@x_croner Blaming present day events entirely on people who aren't even involved anymore? By all means ignore the Ottoman Empire was involved in the region too for an awful long time, and quite enjoyed taking white European slaves and black sub-Sharan African slaves, and being Haram to other Muslims. Are you a Marxist, a Trumpist, or a Jihadi Theocrat? It's increasingly difficult to tell the difference 😆😆 You all like to criticise, whinge, say things used to be better, should be ways x y z, and also: take absolutely no responsibility for your own lives, emotions, behaviour, and blame all of your life problems on whichever scapegoat is convenient to you 😀😀
The British invaded Nepal not only for reasons of trade, but also for reasons of security. The territory of Nepal had expanded by almost 1000 kilometres in length in a span of 49 years, from 1743 AD to 1792 AD, and Calcutta, the most important port of the East India Company, was less than 400 kilometres from Nepal. The British assessed that if Nepal allied with either the Sikh Empire or the Maratha Confederacy, their position in Calcutta, and by default in India, would be untenable. This is shown by how they fought each state: Nepal in 1814, Maratha Confederacy in 1818, and the Sikhs in 1830s. And while it is true that the British did not want to conquer Nepalese territory entirely due to geographic difficulties, they nevertheless wanted to divide Nepal back into the 55+ principalities it originally united from, so that Nepal would not continue to pose a threat to the British. They could not do this because Nepal fought well enough to protect its independence: out of 5 major campaigns fought between the British and the Nepalese in the war, the Nepalese won 3 of them. Source: The Invasion of Nepal by John Pemble, a British military historian.
@@ishanbhusal0177 It's voluntary. It's not like the British raid the Nepalese villages every year taking every first born son to serve their British masters. You join or you don't, just like a British person. After 4 years of service you get British citizenship.
@@ishanbhusal0177 wrong. China was the protectorate of both Nepal and Tibet. This happened after Nepal China war which was the extension of Nepal Tibet war. Even after the Anglo Nepal war, Nepal would still pay tribute to Chinese empire. This changed after Nepal invaded Tibet and China was too weak at that time to help them out like they did before.
Agreed, History Matters is one of my favorite history UA-camrs because of this very point, that he concisely and expertly explains little questions like this that we all have
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Correction: Nepal was never claimed by China, neither pre nor post-independent India. We fought and defeated the Tibetans about three times and fought and lost one war to China. But never became part of China. However, we did pay tributes to China as you said. Although they never defended us when we needed it against the British in the Sino-Nepal war. So, the tributes stopped pretty soon.
Nepal became a tributary of Qing and even paid tribute and about defending the Qing were in chaos and nepal should've occupied tibet the first time they won lol and the conflict came after the low quality minted coins from nepal and it was too expensive to fix so warrr...
@@backstabber3537 During unification campaign of Nepal, economic blockade created by Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan shah in the Kathmandu Valley had a dire effect on the Mallas King of valley so they mixed copper with silver. But after PN shah became King of the valley, he circulated pure silver coins in Tibet but Tibetans wanted the previous impure minted coins to be replaced too which was rejected by PN shah as the financial loss was too large for the newly United Nepal to bear. So the matter was never resolved during PN shah's reign and that escalated to harassment of Nepali traders in Lhasa, then ultimately war. You can read Betrawati Treaty of 1792, Thapathali Treaty of 1856 .
@@backstabber3537Nepal have never been a part of China, an autonomous and independent country. However, Nepal once was the vassal state of Qing Dynasty. this kind of country aka Fan shu or vasal state. But though 藩属国 is the translation of vassal state they are actually different as Vassal state in West world, is the country fully controlled by its suzerain State in all aspects like economy, military, politics, etc. While 藩属国 Fanshu Country, nominally belonged to China, they had full autonomy. They can control themselves in economy, military, politics. What they need to do, is to admit Chinese emperors as their own emperors, and send gifts to China regularly. That is all. So according to the standards, Nepal is not part of China, cause they are actually independent. While Tibet is part of China, cause all its things are controlled by Qing dynasty. Qing has the authority to appoint every the Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama, the religious leaders of Tibet. In 1727 AD, Qing set the office in Tibet, to administrate Tibet together with Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama. At POC age, Tibet had never claimed to be independent. In 1951 AD, PRC signed the peace agreement with Tibet local government, Tibet officially became one province of PRC, from POC. In 1959 AD, Dalai Lama rebelled, defeated, and fled away. Tibet local government was dismissed, and Tibet Autonomous Region came.
3:04 Mao Never claimed Nepal as a part of Tibet. Nepal having previously won the war with Tibet got paid annually as a part of peace treaty. In the 1960s Nepalese Delegates had an official visit to china where they resolved border disputes and clearly claimed Mount Everest peak to be inside Nepal.
According to Five Fingers of Tibet: Mao Zedong considers Tibet to be China's right hand palm, with five fingers on its periphery: Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and North-East Frontier Agency (now known as Arunachal Pradesh), that it is China's responsibility to "liberate" these regions
@@ritikirakihda8098 may be you hate us. But that's good consedering we haven't taken a single inch land from Bhutan, Bangladesh since 1970s. It's on government how they show other country. Like indians have been tought that nepal is our friendly country. That's how most indian thinks. While on other hand Nepalese have taught that indians want their land because anyday if Nepalese started being friendly for india their government wouldn't have any other topic to win election.
ikr. They don't even teach much of Sikkimese history nor the history of the neighbouring countries in relationship with India, China, or the British raj in India. There is very little to no recognition of the State Sikkim outside of the Northeastern region and most of the west + south-indians see Sikkim and the Darjeeling hill regions as land inhabited by foreign nationals (Nepalis) while in actuality it's just that the region shares similar culture with it's bordering nations and the people living there are just Indians who belong to a different race and culture.
ANd my impression was it was inaccurate. My impression was China sponsored communist to over throw their king, and the King asked for help from India, and India stayed and pressure the people to join India and kick the king out. His family is in the US now. His wife is an American , I think, like MOnoco's past, it was a movie star.
"Tibetan/Lepcha" isn't a thing... Lepcha and Tibetan are not interchangeable or synonymous with one another... As a Tibetan, Sikkimese need to stop claiming Tibetan heritage and ancestry
A bit of inaccuracy at 1:09 Nepal did expand in the region, but not into the territory that's highlighted. The map shows them as taking over the territory of the Kingdom of Awadh, which was not the case. They didn't expand into the densely populated plains. Rather, they expanded west into what is now the Indian state of Uttarakhand. But a great video overall!
Gorkha kingdom took some part of awadh after taking sen kingdom ( parts of today's mid west hills + mid West terai). Nawab of awadh was first to invite british to help against gorkha.
N it's gorkha kingdom expanded not nepal. Nepal. Was annexed by gorkha kingdom from West. Name changed to nepal by expanded gorkha kingdom later. Gorkha kingdom was pahadi kingdom( similar to kumaoni, garwali). nepal belonged to kirat, maithili mixed people called newar. At some time nepal was from today's central nepal to North bengal as samudragupta scriptures says nepal, kamrup ( today's assam + parts of north bengal) r neighbour. Today's nepal is new name of gorkha kingdom expanded by pahadi ksatriya ( indo aryan) splitted from kumaoni, garwali , rajasthani with help of magar, gurung tribe of sorrounding after long co habit. Ancient nepal have magadhi influence with kirat ( ab origin of eastern himalaya) but todays nepal as changed from gorkha kingdom have more sauraseni influence as western himalayan, rajasthani, awadhi descend inhabited todays West nepal also comes under todays nepal.
As a Belgian I was very excited to see your depiction of our Chamber of Representatives in our Palace of the Nation, so I was very attentive and I spotted you added the motto above the speaker's chair. I read "L'Union fait la force" and thought: very nice. But then I expected to read in my mother tongue: "Eendracht maakt macht". Instead I got: "Stroopwafels zijn heerlijk". Dear god, I laughed way too loudly for way too long at that one... Well, I must admit that I do agree, syrupwaffles are delicious. One of our neighbours' best sweets. Still, in the end, I am faithful to our Brussels and Liège waffles, of course. As for the rest of the background: nicely done! Great video as usual! Edit: I just watched last week's video, which I missed. It too has this joke in it. I wonder whether this image for our Chamber has been used a lot before and I just always missed it?
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@@houseplant1016 Ah, but Beethoven's father was from Mechelen. That is why it is "van Beethoven" and not "von". So he is a tiny bit Belgian... But you are right, I could have picked a Belgian composer/musician. De Bériot, Vieuxtemps, Ysaye, Benoit, Absil, Fétis, Grumiaux... Though not Franck or Grétry; I don't like that they took French citizenship... Though this might be bad judgement on my part. It was probably a logical thing to do for them. But still...
Fantastic video! I would recommend a History video explaining ‘Why was 🇲🇲Burma (now Myanmar) partitioned from 🇬🇧British India in 1937?’ - as it was British India’s largest province & there aren’t many videos explaining it, just like How you made a video about Why was 🇮🇳India partitioned into 🇵🇰Pakistan & 🇧🇩Bangladesh.
In 1:50 you said Nepal became independent. I want to correct you that Nepal was never colonised. So after India got independence Nepal didn't had to choose to join India. It was Sikkim that was given the chance to choose either join India or be a separate country or join Nepal.
India/pak/China/Nepal/Bhutan borders have seen many conflicts and scirmishes fought in such brutal environment and high mountains. These countries are specialized in Mountain Warfare
Last time there was a full-on war, more people were killed by the mountainous conditions than by the enemy. And its not like winning would bring much strategic or economic benefit to either side.
Yes.... one will die out before being whacked by the enemy Lack of Oxygen Avalanche Treacherous Glaciers underlying cracks Even a tough guy will have altitude sickness Constant headache hypothermia Respiratory disease Heart problem in peace time
@@salvadore_dali7070 do you know china has changed it's army so many times in the mountains of ladakh as their army is not compatible to fight at such high altitude.
At 1:40, Britain and Bhutan went to war between 1845-1846, which Bhutan lost. It ended with the treaty of Sinchula, where Bhutan lost control over Assam and Bengal Duars.
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Hi! A Nepalese here. It is controversial but the truth needs to be told. India is not invading Nepal directly but is slowly shifting its borders outward overnight. Sometimes it sparks an international headline but most of the time it goes unnoticed by everyone else.
@@Rohit_0.552 If India has more resources than US, why is it still way backward than US? Food for thought! And about the merger, why should we not chose US and China, much larger economies than India. Merging one's nation to other means to lose own culture to theirs, irrespective of similarities we might have with them. If we are to pay this price, why should India be our choice, when we have China who would provide us with similar offer, much better US would be happy having us their another new overseas state!
@@Hithere-qj1wj India has huge population and recently got independence and why would US will Choose you, While China Will provide you same benefits but China is a communist country while India is democracy and secondly Terrains doesn't allow China to Supply you stuff and provide you safety and With China nature it will never care about your people it will only care about land it got and Most likely China would not accept you and Don't worry India will not invade your country it was just me who want to know the reason because I had few friends from Nepal studying and I always think why even with so many profits to both sides and people Nepal and Bhutan is not a part of India, India is only focusing on development and welfare of its people.
@@Rohit_0.552 Hm we were never colonized....why would we want to merge with any nation now? On the similar note, why would India agree with this merger? Lol - China is a communist country, but i have seen better efforts from them preserving their cultures and traditions. They were the first one to help with the renovation work of our fallen monuments after the earthquake. And we all know the condition of democracy in this part of the world, i dont think i need to speak on that matter any further. - Lol even common Indians like you have thoughts of encroaching upon neighbours...yet you wonder why your neighbours are hostile! Yeah India should focus on development of its own rather than dreaming about merger. If it really cares about its neighbours, she can help them with other resources!
not in the eyes of communism. All are equal, oppose to Han being superior. China is worse than teh Soviets in practice, but that is why there is a war in Ukraine. A Ukrainian gave Crimea to Ukraine. No one cared because it's all one nation then.
Bhutan already is a "de-facto" protectorate of India by the virtue of a Friendship Treaty and is totally dependent on it on everything. Bhutan and India have open borders, Bhutanese can freely work/have residence in India and they also use Indian Rupee (which their local currency is pegged with). And there is a security pact and Indian troops are already stationed in Bhutan (the way it was in Sikkim before it was annexed). So technically they are in Indian orbit. India had China had a standoff in Bhutan back in 2017. As for Nepal, their currency is pegged to Indian rupee and also have open borders with India. Nepal also has access to Indian ports. But lately the Nepalese government is trying to get closer to China and India often "reminds" Nepal that they are still largely dependent on India whenever there is a controversy.
@@ilovemuslimfood666 not joking, before the former King was deposed, Nepal was actually a Hindu kingdom and more Hindu nationalist than those in India.
@@ilovemuslimfood666 lol Wrong choice of words. Nepal actually has the most Hindus( as a percentage ) in the world. 74.8 % Hindu - India 81.3 % Hindu - Nepal 🤣
@@ilovemuslimfood666 Actually Nepal is even more of a Hindu Nation than India as it has higher percentage of Hindus and it's constitution states that Nepal must protect Sanatam Dharam (Hinduism) while India's constitution was very particular about keeping religion and government separate since it was based on socialist principles. Apparently even the hindu nationalists believe that Nepal is better off as a buffer state because any kind of invasion will be expensive and there are no extraordinary resources which would justify those costs. Even if Nepal joins India, it will only make a bigger border with China which will be an absolute headache to patrol and built infrastructure till borders. (Fun fact: India's current longest land border is with Bangladesh.) In most scenerios, it works best as a friendly buffer state, the only scenerio that would be unfavourable if Nepal rolls a red carpet for Chinese army or some terrorist groups to go through them, which considering their terrain and infrastructure is highly unlikely.
Libraandus ,don't worry one day nepal will he reclaimed and akhand bharat will be formed again .This fake border was created by British there was no border between India and Nepal .All Hindu nationalists in Nepal should support reunification.
*Great Britain on "How to Empire:"* "Is this part of nation that we have already conquered or a nation we have not invaded yet??" "It's a new nation that we have not invaded yet." "Send in the troops at once!"
And ironically Germany is the only neighbor which doesnt actually start with many mountains on the border, its just the 2/3 left are only mountains lol
Yeah was gonns say... mountainous buffer state that isn't worth the hassle of conquering it? Bhutan, Nepal and Switzerland have some things in common :P
What do you want.... Well we definitely not staying as there is bugger all here. So pledge loyalty to the us and do a little trade and we leave. Oh bonus the Chinese won't touch you as they know it end badly. Toddle pip
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*VIDEO SUGGESTION:* When India gained it's independence from Britain, what happened to The Kingdoms and The Principalities that were apart of and in it?
@@carlbates9110 Hyderabad didn't join because it was ruled by Muslims. The people of majority of people of Hyderabad wanted to join India. That's why Republic of India made Hyderabad it's part without much resistance, because the Muslim ruler wasn't supported by the majority Hindu population.
In addition to what Carl Bates said, there were also Junagadh and Kashmir which hadn't annexed into either India or Pakistan. Junagadh was a Muslim ruled kingdom and there were fears that it might merge into Pakistan, so India gave it an ultimatum - be a part of India or you don't get trade. The king (called nawab) was also very much hated and a referendum was held, in which the majority (nearly 99.95%) said they wanted to be a part of India. Following all of this the nawab fled to Karachi and never came back again. (insert nawab running in garden animation) Kashmir on the other hand was ruled by a Hindu king with a Muslim majority population. While India and Pakistan had both agreed to accept its sovereignty, later on Pakistan invaded it. Fearing that Pakistan might annexe Kashmir, he seceded Kashmir into India, after which India and Pakistan fought a war for a year until they were stopped by UN. UN created a proposition called United Nations Security Council Resolution of 1947 (called UNSCR47 in short). According to this Pakistan had to remove all its citizens from Kashmir, and then a referendum would be held on whether Kashmiris want to be a part of India or Pakistan. Pakistan never removed its people, and even today Kashmir remains divided between the two countries the way it was when UN stopped the war.
Firstly great video secondly Darjeeling was part of Nepal not Bhutan currently Darjeeling is part of India ofcourse . Nepal lost a large amount of its land due to the Sugauli treaty a large and prosperous lands were annexed by British east India.There is a large confusion of Nepals borders when it was much larger we know for a fact the states of uttarkhand, uttarpradesh , himanchal pradesh and sikkim were part of Nepal but it is in the past. Please do some more deep research as it would be more fun and more knowledgeable for the rest of the world and any young Nepali kids who watch this thank you
@@Rohit_0.552 bro he is talking about past before sugauli treaty (before 1816) . Nepal reached from the Sutlej River in the west to Sikkim in the east and included parts of present-day Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand in India.
Not entirely accurate at the end, as china does invade Bhutan every year or so to rase their flag over a contested mountain. No one shoots each other but still
@@dollargenerals2181 that’s cus big powers care about borders the most and are most agressive. Let’s not forget Japan that still has border disputes with all its neighbours China Russia Taiwan and korea…. Japan is also or was a big power
@@madhurawat155 By the time of the partitions of Poland the Habsburgs haven't controlled Spain and its colonial possessions (which were ruled by another ruler from the dynasty anyway) for three quarters of a century. And the Austrian line only managed to gain control of tiny Belgium and some possessions in Italy during the War of the Spanish Succession. Besides, their country would be smaller than the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth even if they controlled the entirety of Italy on top of their Austrian-Hungarian primary realm. Which, again, they did not.
Suggestions How did the world reacted to the partition of India? How did the world reacted to the birth of the 2 Koreas? How did the world reacted to the Vietnam war? How did the world reacted to the 1979 revolution of Iran? How did the world reacted to Falkland war? How did the world reacted to the Yugoslav war?
I believe one of the reasons Argentina invaded the Falklands is because they thought that most of the world would be on their side or at least indifferent, like how India took Goa from Portugal. However, international public option was divided, and the UN security council ruled in favor of the UK.
This was a great video, I’d like to see more about non-European topics that don’t normally get discussed. I know Britain still was in this one but the point remains.
Nepal and Bhutan are buffer zone between India and China just like: 1. Switzerland is buffer zone between Germany France and Italy 2. Belgium and Luxembourg are buffer zone between France Germany and the Netherlands 3. Andorra is buffer zone between France and Spain 4. Mongolia was buffer zone between China and Soviet Union.
Not only that but in the 1880/90s, while China's influence over its tributary state was incredibly weak, the Nepalese played the reverse card and claimed a large portion of southern Tibet to which they had a historical claim. Britain, which was seeking stability in the region to keep the Russians out of Tibet and the Pamirs, had to force them to back down or they would have been in all liklihood successful. This caused a minor incident as Britain was heavily reliant on Nepalese Gurkha manpower to police its Nothern Indian territories so it was well worth keeping the mountain folk happy and nominally independent.
@millio we all trace back to Africa, so when will it stops? Humans are just greedy. Endlessly make themselves suffer, and ask why aren’t we happy? 🤦🏻♀️
What I always find fascinating is that the Nepal/China border is not really disputed at all, whereas the Pakistan/China, Pakistan/Afghanistan and Pakistan/India borders seem to have plenty of disputed regions.
@@AmanRishitwenty15 and where does such figure even comes from, indian tipical pathological lier. More remmitance flows from nepal to india then from india to nepal. Right under our nose is bihar and up. You too are poor country with high rates of unemployment
0:47 wasn’t expecting to see the Durrani Empire in the wider picture but I’m glad that you included them, although slight correction, the borders should have extended towards Delhi as the Mughal Emperor became a vassal of the Empire following their invasion of it in 1757, the Mughal Emperor acknowledged Durrani suzerainty and became their nominal subject, however all in all a great video, learned allot, you have my thanks!
The map is accurate, sort of. The Sikhs didn't accept suzerainty. While the Mughals were forced to accept the afghan overlords for grand total of three years until the Marathas reclaimed Delhi in 1759. We Marathas went to attock, which is on the border with Afghanistan and current Pakistan. Two years later in Panipat, Marathas lost the battle but came back in 1768-1772 to not only get Delhi back but also Rohilakhand while destroying the Qabar of Najib Ud Daullah. In the meantime the Durrani empire was completely in tatters at this point with civil war with Sikhs claiming all the lands east of Indus. So the map is accurate for 1757. 🙂
@@nikhiljoshiPi not Qabar of Najib Ud Daullah, it was his son Zabita Khan not 1768-1772, it was 1770-1772 Marathas did not get Delhi, sorry to say it was a looted and avenge for Third battle of Panipat truth is in Third battle of Panipat Marathas may be lost the battle but in that battle no body is a winier Third battle of Panipat was so much bloody that both side weekend
one word Gurkhas the Gurkhas put up a tough fight with the British Army who in turn were impressed by the Gurkha warriors that they were incorporated into the British Armed Forces later known as the Commonwealth Armed Forces and still the Gurkhas serve with the British Armed Forces to this day
Bhutan was also kind of a protectorate. It just voted not to join the Union of India unlike Sikkim. Also it conducted pogroms (booted them out) against the Nepalese living there who were thought to be in favour of joining India.
Yes because in neighbouring Sikkim, ethnic Nepalese wanted to rejoin with Darjeeling (also populated with ethnic Nepalese) and thus voted to join India. People largely forget that there are ethnic Nepalese who are Indian citizens and Nepali is one of the recognised 22 official languages of India
@@OkarinHououinKyouma actually many Indians do know. A lot of migrant labourers in low skilled informal sector come from Nepal (other than Indian states of UP and Bihar). And even a lot of educated Nepali professionals study and work, and nobody cares that they're foreigners. Marriages between Indians and Nepalis is also very common
Can we just take the time to appreciate how much hard work this guy does with his graphics including animating an invading army not just once but TWICE for this video and for all the other times he did it in previous videos?
Himalayan states/Kingdoms have almost always been an independent region because of geography plus martial-ness of people there not just Nepal Bhutan but also Indian states of Uttarakhand Himanchal were not Islamicised and Northern region of Pakistan too were pretty much sovereign You will still find Non Islamised people in northern Pakistan whereas almost half population there say they are arabs
No..we never claim to be arabss...we are proudd indo aryanss...and we don't need validation from hindooos....if you can't respect us and our beliefs... don't expect respect from us either
🤦♂️ first of all Pakistanis don't claim to be Arab. And most Pakistanis don't have Hindu ancestry. And the people in the North of Pakistan are mostly Muslims, except for the Kalash who have their own religion. The good thing about North Pakistanis (like me) is that we have absolutely nothing to do with India. The Pakistanis of the South and East are Indo-Aryan like Indians but we in the North and West are Iranic and Turco-Mongol. So you can't claim us or say we have Hindu ancestry.
You might be wondering what happened to Sikkim. In 1973 india took control of Sikkim but not as a part of india but in 1975 the monarchy of Sikkim was upended and india annexed.
dargeeling and tista river in sikkim still written in sugauli papers that it belongs to british not india including northern Uttarakhand. Genuine facts.but if nepal raised handa against it will not stand a chance in todays world so only havoc thats why nepal is not doing anything
Nepal and Bhutan: anyway we were too mountainy and landlocked so they just took a look at us and went "eh" Bolivia: Is it possible to learn this power?
It would be insanely difficult and costly to even try to connect them with the rest of the country in terms of poverty alleviation and infrastructure, if either India or China were to take over.
The indigenous cultures of Bolivia (such as Quechua and Aymara people) still persevered better than other parts of South America because of the mountainous terrain though. Spain could never control the land as well as other parts of their empire.
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Who would have thought James Bissonnette had his finger even in the Himalayan cake! He single handedly kept two countries with outrageous flags independent!
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I finally learned how History Matters depicts Nepalese, Tibetans, and other Himalayan peoples. I have always asked myself whether he would depict their skin tones and eye shapes like South Asians, East Asians, or somewhere in between.
Search about roopkund lake of skeletons in India it's near Himalayan state where thousands of years ++++ old many Greeks and Indians and one Thai body (South East Asian) found in that small lake almost 500-600 skeletons
Well they are part of the same group of ppl that moved through the steppes, the Sino-Tibetans, so East Asian, but they had relations with many South Asians, but then they rarely 'mingled'
@@Aester and that’s the irony Isn’t it ? Those who look like south Asians are corrupt and selfish and self serving and as such have ruined Nepal like the similar ones have ruined india
@@NightPhoenix.Y That not correct. Nepalese and Bhutanese are descendants of both South Asian-related and East Asian-related people. Tibetans also have South Asian and Central Asian genetic admixture. This attempt to differentiate is so strange. One of the most popular Nepalese actresses (Samragyee RL Shah) looks East Asian but both her parents look South Asian.
Also to clarify: the flag often shown to be of pre-independence India's (Red Ensign with the Star of India) was not the real official flag. In brief, India had no official state flag at all. The Indian Empire (official name) was made of two parts: British India, whose official flag was the Union Jack and princely states who all had their own flags. The Civil Ensign (Red Ensign with the Star of India) and the Flag of the Governor-General of India (Union Jack with a small Star of India and Tudor crown overlayed in the centre) was sometimes used to represent India in international events like Olympics. The Star of India was the coat of arms of the Emperor of India (1876-1947).
correction: In 1835, King Tsudphud Namgyal of Sikkim granted a large chunk of Southern Sikkim, i.e., the region of Darjeeling hills to the British in a condition that the British do not invade Sikkim and leave the Monarchy independent. Initially the British had to pay annual fees of 3000Rs, which increased to 6000Rs and then finally about 12000 Rupees to the kingdom's treasury. 20 years later, a Sikkimese military official and magnate called Pagla Dewan captured two British researchers named Hooker and Campbell and imprisoned them for entering Sikkim without official notice. Campbell was the appointed superintendent of Darjeeling. The British sent a threat of invasion to the King of Sikkim after which the two prisoners were released but as revenge the British stopped granting the annual compensation of 6k-12k rupees and the region of Darjeeling which was previously only given as a temporary posession to the British was permanently annexed. When the British left in 1947, most land region under the British rule which wasn't already demarcated was claimed back by India, and since Darjeeling hill regions wasn't a part of Sikkim anymore, it naturally fell under the regulation of India. Sikkim joined India in 1975 but the region of Darjeeling remained as a part of West Bengal- an Indian State.
Thank you for another great and very informative video! However, the same question could be asked about: - Afghanistan - Vietnam - Switzerland With basically the same short answer: Bad geography for any prospective invader
Well, even though today they're caught in a geopolitical dispute between China and India (Nepal on one side and Bhutan on the other), at least they're independent states.
As a bhutanese I think our geographical nature made them least interested and we don’t even have any valuable resources. China taking over Tibet, and India managing to merge Sikkim, I guess Bhutan did mange to stay in a safer side. Sikkim rough patch during those times taught us one or two lesson. May we all live in harmony and cooperation in those days to come. Peace.
"sikkim king never signed instrument of accession to this date, politically active price palden was killed when truck ramped his car and coronation of price wangchuk(younger brother) was never recognised by india" happy learning
@@P_Dendu I've always been very interested in east Asian history. When I heard about your country for the first time, I was fascinated. To me it looks like a beautiful and peaceful little country that I would love to visit one day.
@@Palinghufter it's a peaceful country due to the small population size. The bad news is, its a rich person travel destination due to high daily rate of $250 per person.
@TheWeeaboo Clearly you take things far too seriously. I also didn't say anything about Nepal. But the people around me have never heard of Bhutan. I also don't know what my name has anything to do with it. It was something I made over a decade ago.
Its interesting that in the beginning of the video you changed suggested India would annex Nepal and China would annex Bhutan, but to my understanding, as it stands today Nepal is more closely tied to China and Bhutan has diplomatic arrangements with India.
@@ozelolaf4562 not true nepal shares an open border with India with full freedom to travel , work etc and india is the main trading partner of nepal in almost all goods
Now, Nepal is far more valuable as a Chinese ally in the UN and in regional politics. For all the talk of China having bad relations with its neighbours (which is mostly untrue), Nepal remains a concrete example of strong neighbourly ties with China.
🌚which is untrue? China have bad relationship with india, philipines,mangol,Taiwan, Vietnam,japan, even nepal in present is suffering due to china's uncompleted infrastructure projects
You are the one saying untruths. China's reached a detente with India. China's relations with the Philippines and Mongolia and Vietnam are good. And China is in an unfinished civil war with the Republic of China in Taiwan, but China still remains the island of Taiwan's largest trading partner. And China - Japan relations are strained in the same way that Korea - Japan relations are strained. How about instead of cherrypicking and engaging in untruths, you instead look at all the countries that are China's neighbours. Shall I list all of them for you, if you don't have a map?
It is so incredibly hilarious that you think "Nepal is suffering due to China's uncompleted infrastructure projects". Don't engage in partisan hackery.
@@unifieddynasty 🤣 trade doesn't show about relation. India have bad relationship with both china and pakistan but still have trade with both. I don't need to understand how philipines have relationship with china because they bought brahmos supersonic missile just to counter Chinese threat.
@@unifieddynasty it doesn't matter nepal is Chinese ally or not. It's just a matter of time. Keep clam trust illuminati. Nepal will cease to exist soon. Most likely northern part go to China and southern part to India.
@@OkarinHououinKyouma Actually (Sagarmatha) Mt.Everest lies in Nepal only the lower part of everest lies in Nepal-China border. Mt.Everest is the peak of the mountain not lower part of mountain.
@@gorkhe-f6f before like many yrs ago border didn't even reached no wheere near everest now border didnt reached everest only influence of china reached everest
@gorkhe9105 This is straight out of bullshit, both Nepal and China agree the peak of Mt. Everest is shared between the two countries. The South Slope is in Nepal and the North is in China. There's no disputes whatsoever, Idk what brings you to say that and some ppl actually upvoting you? lol
@@goattier7728 Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth wasn't weak either until late XVII century lmao. It was successful against Moscow/Russia, kept doing well against Swedish amazing army until the Deluge and held off the Ottomans. Have you ever read any history book?
Should also recognize that India is attempting to isolate and control both Nepal and Bhutan. Via an unequal treaty, India controls Bhutan's foreign policy and does not allow it to have diplomatic relations to any other G20 nation, not even China. They've also militarily occupied Bhutan. The fact that the Bhutanese government is now having informal diplomatic relations with China is driving the Indians crazy, but Bhutan doesn't want to end up annexed by India like Sikkim. As for Nepal, India has much less influence there, so they periodically engage in trade sanctions and made ridiculous demands of Nepal when they were drafting a new constitution in 2007. This made Nepal realize that India is an untrustworthy partner and they are now trading and engaging in development more with China as a result.
It should be said that Nepal is now ruled by communists after a bunch of civil conflicts. I think this divide was seen in the pandemic, I remember India donating vaccines to Bhutan but not to Nepal. Nepal is close to China while Bhutan is still close to India.
@@Apodeipnon Nepal is doing exactly what a smaller, land-locked, country with minimal natural resources should do, negotiating and trading with all their neighbors. Regarding Bhutan, there is a difference between being "close" and being "controlled".
0:04 I mean saying that poland was a small country is kinda ridiculous, they were a regional power with internal problems stuck between 3 hostile major powers hellbent on destroying them, not really the same situation
Nepal and Bhutan are under Indian sphere of influence. Both countries' currencies are pegged to Indian Rupee. If they are completely independent, I believe China will try as much to influence their politics.
But so you know nepal and india share history in our religious pages so nepal is not under indian sphere of influence we share so many common things so its ovious that india will try to protect it
"Small countries sandwiched between large countries don't usually have a good time" *goes on to list Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as the first and only example* sure...
@@dukeofpkr why tho? Bhutan mostly have good relations with India.Tourism sectors in Bhutan is benefitted from India and Indians get special treatment in Bhutan. Only China is someone who disturbs Bhutan....So, isn't it natural.
a little correction here. Darjeeling was acquired through Sikkim from Nepal to the British East India company. Bhutan has got nothing to do with Darjeeling lol.
Without Nepal, who else would rebel against rectangular flags? 🇳🇵
Venetians 💪
Switzerland and Vatican City?
EDIT: Okay, I think you guys have pointed that out over 20 times by several different users, you can stop now.
EDIT #2: Alright, alright, I got your messages already. I know a square is a rectangle.
@@NikoPeludo True
@@NikoPeludo I hardly count those. Nepal is just too different 😂
@@South_Asian.Fascist-98 squares are special rectangles
At least 50% of historical border issue questions can be answered with one thing “Britain”
and about 80% of the current ones with "China".
@@SwissSareth or America
or Russia
Or France.
or myself
Slight correction at 1:44, British didn't acquire Darjeeling from Bhutan, rather it was acquired from Nepal after Sugauli Treaty during the end of Anglo-Nepal war. Before Anglo-Nepal war and Sugauli Treaty, Nepal's border extended from Tista (modern day southern part of Sikkim) to Kangada (modern day Uttarakhand state of India), after the treaty Nepal gave up these territories to British East India Company and now at present lies in India.
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@@sigh7731 yes
Wow
@@sigh7731 Thanks
Which Nepal had previously taken from Sikkim.
So basically Sikkim had Darjeeling, Nepal took it from Sikkim, then Brits defeated Nepal and forced Nepal to give Darjeeling back to Sikkim....then proceeded to take Darjeeling for itself as nothing can stop the British from having tea and Darjeeling is a tea producing region
As a Bhutanese I have to say that the short of it is we had nothing of value. Even the trading routes were undesirable. The best thing we have to offer is to be a buffer state.
You have many things of value. Like clean environment, peace of mind and perfect place for meditation !! İ hope i can visit Bhutan from India
@@universalsoldier811 A lot of that is just good PR though. Bhutan is still one of the poorest countries and quite controlling of its population.
@@universalsoldier811 the only reason we have that is also because we can't afford to. It's a bit like a poor man bragging about how smart he is because he didn't buy a Mercedes. Like sure but it's not like he did it because choose not to do it.
@@thedawapenjor I find Bhutan away from materialism and in a peaceful meditative state
@@aryanchauhan510 Yes our advertising and PR is quite good.
I have long found it interesting that along the Indian-Chinese border, there are not one, but _two_ independent states that aren't a part of either! Now, I know why: mountains, instability in the Mughal Empire, British-Chinese relations, Tibet, and more mountains! Thanks for the video!
Edit from 28 August 2023: I have over 100 replies, which I didn't expect! That's the most replies I've gotten yet!
The whole India-China dispute is literally just Britain"s fault, bad borders and not telling the locals you changed the lines.
Edit: my shitty auto correct
I always figured they were just buffer states
Story goes that the Gurkhas of Nepal were such amazing warriors, that whilst our former Empire maybe could've wiped them out, it would've been so costly for us every which way, that we decided to recruit them instead 😂 There's stories from WW2, of tiny Gurkha units or even lone Gurkha soldiers obliterating numerous NSDAP soldiers.
@Night Phoenix .L _ just chan_ ge the "india-china" to anything else and it will still make since"
_The whole middle east dispute is literally just Britain"s fault, bad borders and not telling the locals you changed the lines.
Edit: my shitty auto correct_ "
@@x_croner Blaming present day events entirely on people who aren't even involved anymore?
By all means ignore the Ottoman Empire was involved in the region too for an awful long time, and quite enjoyed taking white European slaves and black sub-Sharan African slaves, and being Haram to other Muslims.
Are you a Marxist, a Trumpist, or a Jihadi Theocrat? It's increasingly difficult to tell the difference 😆😆
You all like to criticise, whinge, say things used to be better, should be ways x y z, and also:
take absolutely no responsibility for your own lives, emotions, behaviour, and blame all of your life problems on whichever scapegoat is convenient to you 😀😀
The British invaded Nepal not only for reasons of trade, but also for reasons of security. The territory of Nepal had expanded by almost 1000 kilometres in length in a span of 49 years, from 1743 AD to 1792 AD, and Calcutta, the most important port of the East India Company, was less than 400 kilometres from Nepal. The British assessed that if Nepal allied with either the Sikh Empire or the Maratha Confederacy, their position in Calcutta, and by default in India, would be untenable. This is shown by how they fought each state: Nepal in 1814, Maratha Confederacy in 1818, and the Sikhs in 1830s.
And while it is true that the British did not want to conquer Nepalese territory entirely due to geographic difficulties, they nevertheless wanted to divide Nepal back into the 55+ principalities it originally united from, so that Nepal would not continue to pose a threat to the British. They could not do this because Nepal fought well enough to protect its independence: out of 5 major campaigns fought between the British and the Nepalese in the war, the Nepalese won 3 of them.
Source: The Invasion of Nepal by John Pemble, a British military historian.
Hence why we recruit Nepalese into the British army to this day.
@@ishanbhusal0177 It's voluntary. It's not like the British raid the Nepalese villages every year taking every first born son to serve their British masters. You join or you don't, just like a British person. After 4 years of service you get British citizenship.
@@ishanbhusal0177 The Gurkhas have all wanted to join the British military for over a century. It's a choice, not a requirement.
Yes! I hate how these west manipulate history just to show how great they were, in reality they showed how coward they were in Anglo-Nepalese war
@@ishanbhusal0177 wrong. China was the protectorate of both Nepal and Tibet. This happened after Nepal China war which was the extension of Nepal Tibet war. Even after the Anglo Nepal war, Nepal would still pay tribute to Chinese empire. This changed after Nepal invaded Tibet and China was too weak at that time to help them out like they did before.
Never fails to answer questions I needed to be answered but didn't ask
Agreed, History Matters is one of my favorite history UA-camrs because of this very point, that he concisely and expertly explains little questions like this that we all have
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Asked.
nice comment but who asked?
Same here. Also let me know if I can give any answers to other questions you don't have!!
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Correction: Nepal was never claimed by China, neither pre nor post-independent India. We fought and defeated the Tibetans about three times and fought and lost one war to China. But never became part of China. However, we did pay tributes to China as you said. Although they never defended us when we needed it against the British in the Sino-Nepal war. So, the tributes stopped pretty soon.
Nepal became a tributary of Qing and even paid tribute and about defending the Qing were in chaos and nepal should've occupied tibet the first time they won lol and the conflict came after the low quality minted coins from nepal and it was too expensive to fix so warrr...
@@backstabber3537 During unification campaign of Nepal, economic blockade created by Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan shah in the Kathmandu Valley had a dire effect on the Mallas King of valley so they mixed copper with silver. But after PN shah became King of the valley, he circulated pure silver coins in Tibet but Tibetans wanted the previous impure minted coins to be replaced too which was rejected by PN shah as the financial loss was too large for the newly United Nepal to bear. So the matter was never resolved during PN shah's reign and that escalated to harassment of Nepali traders in Lhasa, then ultimately war. You can read Betrawati Treaty of 1792, Thapathali Treaty of 1856 .
@@backstabber3537Nepal have never been a part of China, an autonomous and independent country. However, Nepal once was the vassal state of Qing Dynasty. this kind of country aka Fan shu or vasal state.
But though 藩属国 is the translation of vassal state they are actually different as Vassal state in West world, is the country fully controlled by its suzerain State in all aspects like economy, military, politics, etc. While 藩属国 Fanshu Country, nominally belonged to China, they had full autonomy. They can control themselves in economy, military, politics. What they need to do, is to admit Chinese emperors as their own emperors, and send gifts to China regularly. That is all.
So according to the standards, Nepal is not part of China, cause they are actually independent.
While Tibet is part of China, cause all its things are controlled by Qing dynasty. Qing has the authority to appoint every the Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama, the religious leaders of Tibet. In 1727 AD, Qing set the office in Tibet, to administrate Tibet together with Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama. At POC age, Tibet had never claimed to be independent. In 1951 AD, PRC signed the peace agreement with Tibet local government, Tibet officially became one province of PRC, from POC. In 1959 AD, Dalai Lama rebelled, defeated, and fled away. Tibet local government was dismissed, and Tibet Autonomous Region came.
@@Ruby-gh5sb 我是中国人，我支持你的观点
@@Ruby-gh5sb
3:04 Mao Never claimed Nepal as a part of Tibet. Nepal having previously won the war with Tibet got paid annually as a part of peace treaty. In the 1960s Nepalese Delegates had an official visit to china where they resolved border disputes and clearly claimed Mount Everest peak to be inside Nepal.
According to Five Fingers of Tibet: Mao Zedong considers Tibet to be China's right hand palm, with five fingers on its periphery: Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and North-East Frontier Agency (now known as Arunachal Pradesh), that it is China's responsibility to "liberate" these regions
@@bhojraj12 it's according to Indian Godi Media.
@@ritikirakihda8098 then why chinese want to take control of that places.
@@ritikirakihda8098 may be you hate us. But that's good consedering we haven't taken a single inch land from Bhutan, Bangladesh since 1970s. It's on government how they show other country. Like indians have been tought that nepal is our friendly country. That's how most indian thinks. While on other hand Nepalese have taught that indians want their land because anyday if Nepalese started being friendly for india their government wouldn't have any other topic to win election.
@@bhojraj12 five fingers?? According to some UPS teachers of India?? Or some self claimed UA-camrs of India?
I am watching this channel after two years and James Bissonette is still running the show!
Da real mvp
I bet Maggie Pakskoskimis gonna make a move in his authority
@@ecurewitz Spinning Three Plates is the real power behind the throne
@@TheAmericanPrometheus Man of Culture might have something to say about that
Kelly money maker isn't far behind
Fun Fact: Bhutan doesn't recognizes both China and Taiwan.
Some nations have a one China policy, others have a two China policy.
Buthan has a zero China policy.
Bhutan has bigger balls than China, Taiwan, USA, India and others.
Dam look at Bhutan go lmao
It isn’t like they aren’t recognising them, they just dont have diplomatic relations with any of them I think.
Based
I was born in Sikkim with half British half Tibetan/Lepcha origin and I'm glad that someone has mentioned Sikkim and a brief history around it
ikr. They don't even teach much of Sikkimese history nor the history of the neighbouring countries in relationship with India, China, or the British raj in India. There is very little to no recognition of the State Sikkim outside of the Northeastern region and most of the west + south-indians see Sikkim and the Darjeeling hill regions as land inhabited by foreign nationals (Nepalis) while in actuality it's just that the region shares similar culture with it's bordering nations and the people living there are just Indians who belong to a different race and culture.
@@sewan7590
Who told u ppls don't know Sikkims kirati difference & history with Nepal & Bhutan?
@@sewan7590 lol noone in south and west india sees Sikkim as foreigners land. We see Sikkim as a tourist place just like goa and manali.
ANd my impression was it was inaccurate. My impression was China sponsored communist to over throw their king, and the King asked for help from India, and India stayed and pressure the people to join India and kick the king out. His family is in the US now. His wife is an American , I think, like MOnoco's past, it was a movie star.
"Tibetan/Lepcha" isn't a thing... Lepcha and Tibetan are not interchangeable or synonymous with one another... As a Tibetan, Sikkimese need to stop claiming Tibetan heritage and ancestry
A bit of inaccuracy at 1:09 Nepal did expand in the region, but not into the territory that's highlighted. The map shows them as taking over the territory of the Kingdom of Awadh, which was not the case. They didn't expand into the densely populated plains. Rather, they expanded west into what is now the Indian state of Uttarakhand. But a great video overall!
Gorkha kingdom took some part of awadh after taking sen kingdom ( parts of today's mid west hills + mid West terai). Nawab of awadh was first to invite british to help against gorkha.
N it's gorkha kingdom expanded not nepal. Nepal. Was annexed by gorkha kingdom from West. Name changed to nepal by expanded gorkha kingdom later. Gorkha kingdom was pahadi kingdom( similar to kumaoni, garwali). nepal belonged to kirat, maithili mixed people called newar. At some time nepal was from today's central nepal to North bengal as samudragupta scriptures says nepal, kamrup ( today's assam + parts of north bengal) r neighbour. Today's nepal is new name of gorkha kingdom expanded by pahadi ksatriya ( indo aryan) splitted from kumaoni, garwali , rajasthani with help of magar, gurung tribe of sorrounding after long co habit. Ancient nepal have magadhi influence with kirat ( ab origin of eastern himalaya) but todays nepal as changed from gorkha kingdom have more sauraseni influence as western himalayan, rajasthani, awadhi descend inhabited todays West nepal also comes under todays nepal.
There was no lndia till 15th August 1947.
@@akhanddbangladesh8274 nobody talked about modern indian state. What's wrong with you?
@@akhanddbangladesh8274 There was no Bangladesh before 1971
As a Belgian I was very excited to see your depiction of our Chamber of Representatives in our Palace of the Nation, so I was very attentive and I spotted you added the motto above the speaker's chair. I read "L'Union fait la force" and thought: very nice. But then I expected to read in my mother tongue: "Eendracht maakt macht". Instead I got: "Stroopwafels zijn heerlijk". Dear god, I laughed way too loudly for way too long at that one... Well, I must admit that I do agree, syrupwaffles are delicious. One of our neighbours' best sweets. Still, in the end, I am faithful to our Brussels and Liège waffles, of course.
As for the rest of the background: nicely done! Great video as usual!
Edit: I just watched last week's video, which I missed. It too has this joke in it. I wonder whether this image for our Chamber has been used a lot before and I just always missed it?
As a Belgian to another Belgian I must say it is pretty dissapointing that you have a German musician instead of a Belgian one.
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@@houseplant1016 Ah, but Beethoven's father was from Mechelen. That is why it is "van Beethoven" and not "von". So he is a tiny bit Belgian...
But you are right, I could have picked a Belgian composer/musician. De Bériot, Vieuxtemps, Ysaye, Benoit, Absil, Fétis, Grumiaux... Though not Franck or Grétry; I don't like that they took French citizenship... Though this might be bad judgement on my part. It was probably a logical thing to do for them. But still...
@@belgianvanbeethoven Sterk punt, touché.
Yes, yes you did! Rex Imperious!
Fantastic video! I would recommend a History video explaining ‘Why was 🇲🇲Burma (now Myanmar) partitioned from 🇬🇧British India in 1937?’ - as it was British India’s largest province & there aren’t many videos explaining it, just like How you made a video about Why was 🇮🇳India partitioned into 🇵🇰Pakistan & 🇧🇩Bangladesh.
India did not exist as a single entity as it does now....the subcontinent had always been divided
Great idea! I would love to see the journey of all that.
Hoi4: in going to pretend i didn’t hear anything 😂
@@thespatulaa but Indians Don't believe that
Because they were majority Buddhist.
In 1:50 you said Nepal became independent. I want to correct you that Nepal was never colonised. So after India got independence Nepal didn't had to choose to join India. It was Sikkim that was given the chance to choose either join India or be a separate country or join Nepal.
He said "were both independent," which they were. The context being India's independence. You then just repeated what he said in the video.
I imagine fighting a war in the Himalayas is very difficult for people who are not used to high altitude, even with modern weapons.
India/pak/China/Nepal/Bhutan borders have seen many conflicts and scirmishes fought in such brutal environment and high mountains.
These countries are specialized in Mountain Warfare
India and China actually agreed to not use guns or large equipment in these territories, so it's just melees.
Last time there was a full-on war, more people were killed by the mountainous conditions than by the enemy. And its not like winning would bring much strategic or economic benefit to either side.
Yes.... one will die out before being whacked by the enemy
Lack of Oxygen
Avalanche
Treacherous Glaciers underlying cracks
Even a tough guy will have altitude sickness Constant headache hypothermia
Respiratory disease Heart problem in peace time
@@salvadore_dali7070 do you know china has changed it's army so many times in the mountains of ladakh as their army is not compatible to fight at such high altitude.
At 1:40, Britain and Bhutan went to war between 1845-1846, which Bhutan lost. It ended with the treaty of Sinchula, where Bhutan lost control over Assam and Bengal Duars.
Perhaps, if James Bisonette were there, he'd conquer all of them and incorporate every country of the world into the Bisonette Empire.
KellyMoneyMaker rebelled and coup against Bissonette 💪💪
@@South_Asian.Fascist-98 Ha ha!
Until Boogely Woogeley will come, start a coup, then get exiled
I'm pretty sure boogly woogly has what it takes
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Hi! A Nepalese here. It is controversial but the truth needs to be told. India is not invading Nepal directly but is slowly shifting its borders outward overnight. Sometimes it sparks an international headline but most of the time it goes unnoticed by everyone else.
@@Rohit_0.552
Would India merge with US if given the chance?
Considering the amount of resources they would gain from the superpower?
@@Rohit_0.552
If India has more resources than US, why is it still way backward than US?
Food for thought!
And about the merger, why should we not chose US and China, much larger economies than India.
Merging one's nation to other means to lose own culture to theirs, irrespective of similarities we might have with them. If we are to pay this price, why should India be our choice, when we have China who would provide us with similar offer, much better US would be happy having us their another new overseas state!
@@Hithere-qj1wj India has huge population and recently got independence and why would US will Choose you, While China Will provide you same benefits but China is a communist country while India is democracy and secondly Terrains doesn't allow China to Supply you stuff and provide you safety and With China nature it will never care about your people it will only care about land it got and Most likely China would not accept you and Don't worry India will not invade your country it was just me who want to know the reason because I had few friends from Nepal studying and I always think why even with so many profits to both sides and people Nepal and Bhutan is not a part of India, India is only focusing on development and welfare of its people.
@@Rohit_0.552
Hm we were never colonized....why would we want to merge with any nation now?
On the similar note, why would India agree with this merger? Lol
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China is a communist country, but i have seen better efforts from them preserving their cultures and traditions.
They were the first one to help with the renovation work of our fallen monuments after the earthquake.
And we all know the condition of democracy in this part of the world, i dont think i need to speak on that matter any further.
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Lol even common Indians like you have thoughts of encroaching upon neighbours...yet you wonder why your neighbours are hostile!
Yeah India should focus on development of its own rather than dreaming about merger.
If it really cares about its neighbours, she can help them with other resources!
@@Rohit_0.552No we don't want to merge with India.
I love your channels comment section. If they want to make a correction they're very civil and polite. UA-cam needs more comment sections like this.
And james bisonette
In summary
1.Mountainous land hard to control
2.Useless land but a good buffer state
3.Britsh
4. Because china particularly mao regime is kinda lazy to
4. Gurkhas
@@voorth try reclaiming the lands from India that you Nepalese lost to British empire.
@@SuperSanic.. Nepal is now a banana Republic of India so it cannot do anything
@@SuperSanic.. And what makes you think I'm Nepalese? It was just a tongue-in-cheek addition to the factors that might have contributed.
Mao sure is interesting, for a guy who claims to hate imperialism he sure isn’t against conquering places that want to be out of China
"It's not imperialism when the chairman does it."
_It isn't imperialism when we do it_ is pretty much it in one form or another.
But it’s not imperialism if it’s places that were a part of the… Chinese Empire… Wait.
not in the eyes of communism. All are equal, oppose to Han being superior. China is worse than teh Soviets in practice, but that is why there is a war in Ukraine. A Ukrainian gave Crimea to Ukraine. No one cared because it's all one nation then.
The so called "great men" of history being hypocrites is nothing new.
0:53 General Kenobi you are a bold one.
Bhutan already is a "de-facto" protectorate of India by the virtue of a Friendship Treaty and is totally dependent on it on everything. Bhutan and India have open borders, Bhutanese can freely work/have residence in India and they also use Indian Rupee (which their local currency is pegged with). And there is a security pact and Indian troops are already stationed in Bhutan (the way it was in Sikkim before it was annexed). So technically they are in Indian orbit. India had China had a standoff in Bhutan back in 2017.
As for Nepal, their currency is pegged to Indian rupee and also have open borders with India. Nepal also has access to Indian ports. But lately the Nepalese government is trying to get closer to China and India often "reminds" Nepal that they are still largely dependent on India whenever there is a controversy.
Hindu Nationalists holding up a sign while staring intensely at Nepal: “Soon…”
@@ilovemuslimfood666 not joking, before the former King was deposed, Nepal was actually a Hindu kingdom and more Hindu nationalist than those in India.
@@ilovemuslimfood666 lol
Wrong choice of words.
Nepal actually has the most Hindus( as a percentage ) in the world.
74.8 % Hindu - India
81.3 % Hindu - Nepal
🤣
@@ilovemuslimfood666 Actually Nepal is even more of a Hindu Nation than India as it has higher percentage of Hindus and it's constitution states that Nepal must protect Sanatam Dharam (Hinduism) while India's constitution was very particular about keeping religion and government separate since it was based on socialist principles. Apparently even the hindu nationalists believe that Nepal is better off as a buffer state because any kind of invasion will be expensive and there are no extraordinary resources which would justify those costs. Even if Nepal joins India, it will only make a bigger border with China which will be an absolute headache to patrol and built infrastructure till borders. (Fun fact: India's current longest land border is with Bangladesh.) In most scenerios, it works best as a friendly buffer state, the only scenerio that would be unfavourable if Nepal rolls a red carpet for Chinese army or some terrorist groups to go through them, which considering their terrain and infrastructure is highly unlikely.
Libraandus ,don't worry one day nepal will he reclaimed and akhand bharat will be formed again .This fake border was created by British there was no border between India and Nepal .All Hindu nationalists in Nepal should support reunification.
As a Belgian, I really appreciate the two texts you put in at the beginning. You guys are great !!
*Great Britain on "How to Empire:"*
"Is this part of nation that we have already conquered or a nation we have not invaded yet??"
"It's a new nation that we have not invaded yet."
"Send in the troops at once!"
James Bissonette whom is a recipient of the 2014 Best Chef Northeast for the James Beard Foundation Awards, a prestigious culinary award?
Speaking from experience as Germany trying to conquer Switzerland in HOI4, those damn mountains…
And ironically Germany is the only neighbor which doesnt actually start with many mountains on the border, its just the 2/3 left are only mountains lol
Yeah was gonns say... mountainous buffer state that isn't worth the hassle of conquering it? Bhutan, Nepal and Switzerland have some things in common :P
Great Bonaparte Napoleon said, “There shall be no Alps.”
@@traceler yeah Napoleon did just walz in there didn't he
@@Apodeipnon and suvorov
“Oi Charles, Is Bhutan a part of China?”
“I don’t think it is sir”
“Great let’s invade it”
Bro Bhutan doesnt even recognize china
You think that dont have what it takes
What do you want.... Well we definitely not staying as there is bugger all here. So pledge loyalty to the us and do a little trade and we leave.
Oh bonus the Chinese won't touch you as they know it end badly.
Toddle pip
bhutan: china who?
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@@bigbad25 why pledge loyalty to western idiots and soon china will be giving west the real bloody nose
So why will people choose west( loosing side )
*VIDEO SUGGESTION:*
When India gained it's independence from Britain, what happened to The Kingdoms and The Principalities that were apart of and in it?
Most joined India. A big one that didn’t was Hyderabad, which India conquered afterwards.
They got abolished by Indira Gandhi aka the socialist dictator.
its*
@@carlbates9110 Hyderabad didn't join because it was ruled by Muslims. The people of majority of people of Hyderabad wanted to join India. That's why Republic of India made Hyderabad it's part without much resistance, because the Muslim ruler wasn't supported by the majority Hindu population.
In addition to what Carl Bates said, there were also Junagadh and Kashmir which hadn't annexed into either India or Pakistan.
Junagadh was a Muslim ruled kingdom and there were fears that it might merge into Pakistan, so India gave it an ultimatum - be a part of India or you don't get trade. The king (called nawab) was also very much hated and a referendum was held, in which the majority (nearly 99.95%) said they wanted to be a part of India. Following all of this the nawab fled to Karachi and never came back again. (insert nawab running in garden animation)
Kashmir on the other hand was ruled by a Hindu king with a Muslim majority population. While India and Pakistan had both agreed to accept its sovereignty, later on Pakistan invaded it. Fearing that Pakistan might annexe Kashmir, he seceded Kashmir into India, after which India and Pakistan fought a war for a year until they were stopped by UN.
UN created a proposition called United Nations Security Council Resolution of 1947 (called UNSCR47 in short). According to this Pakistan had to remove all its citizens from Kashmir, and then a referendum would be held on whether Kashmiris want to be a part of India or Pakistan. Pakistan never removed its people, and even today Kashmir remains divided between the two countries the way it was when UN stopped the war.
Firstly great video secondly Darjeeling was part of Nepal not Bhutan currently Darjeeling is part of India ofcourse . Nepal lost a large amount of its land due to the Sugauli treaty a large and prosperous lands were annexed by British east India.There is a large confusion of Nepals borders when it was much larger we know for a fact the states of uttarkhand, uttarpradesh , himanchal pradesh and sikkim were part of Nepal but it is in the past. Please do some more deep research as it would be more fun and more knowledgeable for the rest of the world and any young Nepali kids who watch this
thank you
Really There are much bigger empires who were ruling in these states how can you say these states are part of nepal 😂😂
@@Rohit_0.552 bro he is talking about past before sugauli treaty (before 1816) . Nepal reached from the Sutlej River in the west to Sikkim in the east and included parts of present-day Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand in India.
Objectively the two best national flags.
One is irregularly shaped.
THE OTHER HAS A DRAGON!
Wales gets an honorable mention, but since it's not an independent country, it's disqualified from the running do to technicality.
@@tyrant-den884 Indeed! Wales, like Bhutan, has a dragon! However, since it is part of the UK, it cannot be part of the competition.
Dragons are cool especially on flags
Wales is great.
Not entirely accurate at the end, as china does invade Bhutan every year or so to rase their flag over a contested mountain. No one shoots each other but still
China is quite petty
@@rafaelglopezroman1110 every country is
@@xanx3572 yeah but I feel like Russia China and America are definitely the most petty
@@xanx3572 i dont see us doing that to canda or mexico
@@dollargenerals2181 that’s cus big powers care about borders the most and are most agressive. Let’s not forget Japan that still has border disputes with all its neighbours China Russia Taiwan and korea…. Japan is also or was a big power
Poland was the second largest country in Europe before the partitions though. Not exactly a small country.
Wrong video
@@pans7761 My comment is addressing the statement made in the first 10 seconds of this video, so if anyone got the wrong video here, that'd be you.
@@Jyggalag yeah never mind
That depends on how you define a "country" back then. It was larger than archduchy of Austria but smaller than all of the Habsburgs holdings combined.
@@madhurawat155 By the time of the partitions of Poland the Habsburgs haven't controlled Spain and its colonial possessions (which were ruled by another ruler from the dynasty anyway) for three quarters of a century. And the Austrian line only managed to gain control of tiny Belgium and some possessions in Italy during the War of the Spanish Succession. Besides, their country would be smaller than the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth even if they controlled the entirety of Italy on top of their Austrian-Hungarian primary realm. Which, again, they did not.
Nice video.
Suggestions
How did the world reacted to the partition of India?
How did the world reacted to the birth of the 2 Koreas?
How did the world reacted to the Vietnam war?
How did the world reacted to the 1979 revolution of Iran?
How did the world reacted to Falkland war?
How did the world reacted to the Yugoslav war?
Who cares how the world reacted to the partition? They barely knew why the partition happened.
I believe one of the reasons Argentina invaded the Falklands is because they thought that most of the world would be on their side or at least indifferent, like how India took Goa from Portugal. However, international public option was divided, and the UN security council ruled in favor of the UK.
As not a native English speaker, I find the phrase "invade they did" really cool!
This was a great video, I’d like to see more about non-European topics that don’t normally get discussed.
I know Britain still was in this one but the point remains.
Nepal and Bhutan are buffer zone between India and China just like:
1. Switzerland is buffer zone between Germany France and Italy
2. Belgium and Luxembourg are buffer zone between France Germany and the Netherlands
3. Andorra is buffer zone between France and Spain
4. Mongolia was buffer zone between China and Soviet Union.
Not only that but in the 1880/90s, while China's influence over its tributary state was incredibly weak, the Nepalese played the reverse card and claimed a large portion of southern Tibet to which they had a historical claim. Britain, which was seeking stability in the region to keep the Russians out of Tibet and the Pamirs, had to force them to back down or they would have been in all liklihood successful. This caused a minor incident as Britain was heavily reliant on Nepalese Gurkha manpower to police its Nothern Indian territories so it was well worth keeping the mountain folk happy and nominally independent.
Likelihood*
I hate the term “historical claim.” In that case then Britain would own more than half of the world 😂
@@andromedamessier3176 no they wouldn't?
@@infinityxtanishq8712 yes! They can cause “historical right” 🗿
@millio we all trace back to Africa, so when will it stops? Humans are just greedy. Endlessly make themselves suffer, and ask why aren’t we happy? 🤦🏻♀️
Without Bhutan, there wouldn't be a kick-ass dragon on a nation flag anymore :(
I think Wales may have a few words for you.
@@tyroonblackfire wales is not an independent sovereign country.
@@tyroonblackfire Wales not independent
@@NaSaSh1087 Bhutan is a banana republic dependent on India, Bhutan is only more independent than Wales on paper.
@@Aron-ru5zk Nepal is a tomato communist faking as a democratic republic claiming to be “independent”while having Indians in its parliament.
What I always find fascinating is that the Nepal/China border is not really disputed at all, whereas the Pakistan/China, Pakistan/Afghanistan and Pakistan/India borders seem to have plenty of disputed regions.
That's good for CHina. Because Nepal is switching sides. THey are pissed and India, and is now trading with China.
@@slewone4905 lmao more than 50% of nepalese work in india, nepal would collapse if india takes action against her.
@@slewone4905 lol communist government was thrown some months ago by hindu nationalist in Nepal
@@AmanRishitwenty15 and where does such figure even comes from, indian tipical pathological lier. More remmitance flows from nepal to india then from india to nepal. Right under our nose is bihar and up. You too are poor country with high rates of unemployment
@@slewone4905 bro Nepal comunist party gone ✋😂
Thanks for the shout-out to Poland HM!
0:47 wasn’t expecting to see the Durrani Empire in the wider picture but I’m glad that you included them, although slight correction, the borders should have extended towards Delhi as the Mughal Emperor became a vassal of the Empire following their invasion of it in 1757, the Mughal Emperor acknowledged Durrani suzerainty and became their nominal subject, however all in all a great video, learned allot, you have my thanks!
The map is accurate, sort of. The Sikhs didn't accept suzerainty. While the Mughals were forced to accept the afghan overlords for grand total of three years until the Marathas reclaimed Delhi in 1759. We Marathas went to attock, which is on the border with Afghanistan and current Pakistan. Two years later in Panipat, Marathas lost the battle but came back in 1768-1772 to not only get Delhi back but also Rohilakhand while destroying the Qabar of Najib Ud Daullah. In the meantime the Durrani empire was completely in tatters at this point with civil war with Sikhs claiming all the lands east of Indus. So the map is accurate for 1757. 🙂
@@nikhiljoshiPi not Qabar of Najib Ud Daullah, it was his son Zabita Khan
not 1768-1772, it was 1770-1772
Marathas did not get Delhi, sorry to say it was a looted and avenge for Third battle of Panipat
truth is in Third battle of Panipat Marathas may be lost the battle
but in that battle no body is a winier
Third battle of Panipat was so much bloody that both side weekend
Mughal empire became a vassal? It became of Maratha and British. Mughals called for help and Durrani came
Stop inventing history. Mughals never were the vassals of durrani.
Thats what happens when you skip history classis
3:00 This place is under new management!
Brilliant Peaky Blinders reference, sir.
Finally found the comment pointing it out! :D
Thank you! :D
@@robertsantos3581 great comment!
The thunderdragon empire will always be the greatest ever name for a country
one word Gurkhas the Gurkhas put up a tough fight with the British Army who in turn were impressed by the Gurkha warriors that they were incorporated into the British Armed Forces later known as the Commonwealth Armed Forces and still the Gurkhas serve with the British Armed Forces to this day
Just a little correction, it's Gorkhali not Gurkhas.
@@sudhirbharati6254 same shit bro
@@backstabber3537 Not really. Gurkha is an anglicized version of the word.
Literally went to a Nepalese restaurant yesterday and wondered this exact thing. Nice timing.
It would help alot if you mentioned the Gurkha recruitment which also played a significant factor as to why Britain didnt annex Nepal...
They do indeed have cool knives.
British military policy in India -- "Good fight. Would you lads like a job?" -- endures to this day
If I remember correctly the commanders in charge of the invasion was impressed with the courage of the gurkhas.
And was like.... You want a job mate?
Almost all British bravery and heroism is borrowed. Literally still practicing feudalistic fealty just to have fighting troops worth a damn...
@@bijaychhetri7618 not according to this video.
Bhutan was also kind of a protectorate. It just voted not to join the Union of India unlike Sikkim. Also it conducted pogroms (booted them out) against the Nepalese living there who were thought to be in favour of joining India.
Are you from Bhutan?
Yes because in neighbouring Sikkim, ethnic Nepalese wanted to rejoin with Darjeeling (also populated with ethnic Nepalese) and thus voted to join India.
People largely forget that there are ethnic Nepalese who are Indian citizens and Nepali is one of the recognised 22 official languages of India
Indians don't know that Nepalis live, study and work in India as well.
Sikkim was a princely state, while bhutan was not, that’s why it joined but not bhutan, there was no reason for bhutan to join india
@@OkarinHououinKyouma actually many Indians do know. A lot of migrant labourers in low skilled informal sector come from Nepal (other than Indian states of UP and Bihar). And even a lot of educated Nepali professionals study and work, and nobody cares that they're foreigners. Marriages between Indians and Nepalis is also very common
0:04 bro every Belgium reffrence you make is just us being a watered down discount version of the Dutch. Love it😂😂😂
Keep up the great work 👍👍
i love this channel because its an example of how history can be so interesting
Everyone gangsta until they reach the Himalayas.
Can we just take the time to appreciate how much hard work this guy does with his graphics including animating an invading army not just once but TWICE for this video and for all the other times he did it in previous videos?
Do you have any ideas what software he is using for animated maps?
@@akshatgour1070 MS Paint. Simple as that.
Himalayan states/Kingdoms have almost always been an independent region because of geography plus martial-ness of people there not just Nepal Bhutan but also Indian states of Uttarakhand Himanchal were not Islamicised and Northern region of Pakistan too were pretty much sovereign You will still find Non Islamised people in northern Pakistan whereas almost half population there say they are arabs
But are apparently Hindu Ancestry people lmao
@@ChandranPrema123 yeah lmao they try so hard to be mistaken as Arab or middle Eastern
No..we never claim to be arabss...we are proudd indo aryanss...and we don't need validation from hindooos....if you can't respect us and our beliefs... don't expect respect from us either
@@hwfq34fajw9foiffawdiufhuaiwfhw which ethnic group of pakistan is of Arabic origin?
🤦♂️ first of all Pakistanis don't claim to be Arab. And most Pakistanis don't have Hindu ancestry. And the people in the North of Pakistan are mostly Muslims, except for the Kalash who have their own religion.
The good thing about North Pakistanis (like me) is that we have absolutely nothing to do with India. The Pakistanis of the South and East are Indo-Aryan like Indians but we in the North and West are Iranic and Turco-Mongol. So you can't claim us or say we have Hindu ancestry.
You might be wondering what happened to Sikkim. In 1973 india took control of Sikkim but not as a part of india but in 1975 the monarchy of Sikkim was upended and india annexed.
We also liberated Hyderabad , goa , daman and diu and sikkim.
@@aniket5993 who asked?
@@mint8648 I asked
@@priyadarshi8548 you didn’t live in 1947, so you did not ask to be liberated
dargeeling and tista river in sikkim still written in sugauli papers that it belongs to british not india including northern Uttarakhand. Genuine facts.but if nepal raised handa against it will not stand a chance in todays world so only havoc thats why nepal is not doing anything
Nepal and Bhutan: anyway we were too mountainy and landlocked so they just took a look at us and went "eh"
Bolivia: Is it possible to learn this power?
The mountains of Americas have got nothing on the himalayas... I mean these are really REALLY mountainous kingdoms
Chile . No!!!!!!
It would be insanely difficult and costly to even try to connect them with the rest of the country in terms of poverty alleviation and infrastructure, if either India or China were to take over.
Who intends to invade Bolivia?
The indigenous cultures of Bolivia (such as Quechua and Aymara people) still persevered better than other parts of South America because of the mountainous terrain though. Spain could never control the land as well as other parts of their empire.
2:11 legit thought he said “Napoleon invaded”. which, wouldn’t be strange seeing how much mr. Narrator is annoyed with Napoleon by now
Video idea as a loyal Patreon supporter: Why was Finland 🇫🇮 given autonomy in the Russian Empire?
*Financial Backing of James Bissonette is responsible for the prevention of Annexation of Bhutan or Nepal*
sadly if James Bissonette acted earlier, he could also prevent the annexation of Sikkim
@@zhangjeff238 Annexation of Tibet?
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@@zhangjeff238 He should have, then the British would have never conquered India and cause all the suffering
@@zhangjeff238 like annexation of Tibet? Ask Sikkim, they themselves agree to join India by conducting voting unlike Tibet
When I saw the sign "Hello There" from the British, I read that in Ewan McGregor's voice LOL
1:56 Sikkim did not "join" India in 1975. India spontaneously invaded the country and then annexed it after holding a sham referendum.
😂😂
Someone's jealous 😅
Love the shot of Gandhi, Nehru and, I assume, perhaps, Lord Mountbatten (@ 1:50). Iconic image of an independent India
Who would have thought James Bissonnette had his finger even in the Himalayan cake! He single handedly kept two countries with outrageous flags independent!
James Bisonette specifically requested they remain independent, thus China and India complied.
Good information, thank you.
"Which raises the obvious question" - History Matters every episode
The obvious question is always “Why?”.
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I finally learned how History Matters depicts Nepalese, Tibetans, and other Himalayan peoples. I have always asked myself whether he would depict their skin tones and eye shapes like South Asians, East Asians, or somewhere in between.
Search about roopkund lake of skeletons in India it's near Himalayan state where thousands of years ++++ old many Greeks and Indians and one Thai body (South East Asian) found in that small lake almost 500-600 skeletons
Well they are part of the same group of ppl that moved through the steppes, the Sino-Tibetans, so East Asian, but they had relations with many South Asians, but then they rarely 'mingled'
@@NightPhoenix.Y that's not true for Nepal. Nepal has majority of South Asian like faces ( Chettri and Brahmin) only followed by East Asian like.
@@Aester and that’s the irony Isn’t it ? Those who look like south Asians are corrupt and selfish and self serving and as such have ruined Nepal like the similar ones have ruined india
@@NightPhoenix.Y That not correct. Nepalese and Bhutanese are descendants of both South Asian-related and East Asian-related people. Tibetans also have South Asian and Central Asian genetic admixture. This attempt to differentiate is so strange. One of the most popular Nepalese actresses (Samragyee RL Shah) looks East Asian but both her parents look South Asian.
*Britain:* Does anyone we care about own this land?
*Advisor:* No...
*Britain:* Let's invade!
Also to clarify: the flag often shown to be of pre-independence India's (Red Ensign with the Star of India) was not the real official flag. In brief, India had no official state flag at all. The Indian Empire (official name) was made of two parts: British India, whose official flag was the Union Jack and princely states who all had their own flags. The Civil Ensign (Red Ensign with the Star of India) and the Flag of the Governor-General of India (Union Jack with a small Star of India and Tudor crown overlayed in the centre) was sometimes used to represent India in international events like Olympics. The Star of India was the coat of arms of the Emperor of India (1876-1947).
1:43 The British didn't get Darjeeling from Bhutan, Nepal lost them with Sikkim.
correction: In 1835, King Tsudphud Namgyal of Sikkim granted a large chunk of Southern Sikkim, i.e., the region of Darjeeling hills to the British in a condition that the British do not invade Sikkim and leave the Monarchy independent. Initially the British had to pay annual fees of 3000Rs, which increased to 6000Rs and then finally about 12000 Rupees to the kingdom's treasury.
20 years later, a Sikkimese military official and magnate called Pagla Dewan captured two British researchers named Hooker and Campbell and imprisoned them for entering Sikkim without official notice. Campbell was the appointed superintendent of Darjeeling.
The British sent a threat of invasion to the King of Sikkim after which the two prisoners were released but as revenge the British stopped granting the annual compensation of 6k-12k rupees and the region of Darjeeling which was previously only given as a temporary posession to the British was permanently annexed.
When the British left in 1947, most land region under the British rule which wasn't already demarcated was claimed back by India, and since Darjeeling hill regions wasn't a part of Sikkim anymore, it naturally fell under the regulation of India.
Sikkim joined India in 1975 but the region of Darjeeling remained as a part of West Bengal- an Indian State.
Thank you for another great and very informative video!
However, the same question could be asked about:
- Afghanistan
- Vietnam
- Switzerland
With basically the same short answer:
Bad geography for any prospective invader
France conquered both Switzerland and Vietnam
Nader shah conquered afghanistan in less than a year
After India annexed Sikkim, its monarch's consort, New York socialite Hope Cooke, was essentially out of a job.
😂
Simple short right to the point explanation thank you
Well, even though today they're caught in a geopolitical dispute between China and India (Nepal on one side and Bhutan on the other), at least they're independent states.
And that’s what rly matters right ? Nepali and proud
As a bhutanese I think our geographical nature made them least interested and we don’t even have any valuable resources. China taking over Tibet, and India managing to merge Sikkim, I guess Bhutan did mange to stay in a safer side. Sikkim rough patch during those times taught us one or two lesson. May we all live in harmony and cooperation in those days to come. Peace.
Thank you for Tsharing that info Norbu.
Bhutan has NATO like defence pact with India means India will help you if China do something wrong
Monjiro that is one of the major factors I believe 👍👍👍
"sikkim king never signed instrument of accession to this date, politically active price palden was killed when truck ramped his car and coronation of price wangchuk(younger brother) was never recognised by india" happy learning
@@dreamadventure8220 Do people of state of sikkim not happy after merging ?
I think u have lack of knowledge about indian map
Yo can you do more 10 minute histories those were the ones that I rlly liked😍
Please make a video on why does Qatar and the UAE exist?
Ah yes, Bhutan. A country that no one in my country seems to have heard about except me and History with Hilbert.
Surpised that you now about Bhutan lol not a lot of people know about my country apart from the hoi memes.
@@P_Dendu ✋🌝 hoi
@@P_Dendu I've always been very interested in east Asian history. When I heard about your country for the first time, I was fascinated. To me it looks like a beautiful and peaceful little country that I would love to visit one day.
@@Palinghufter it's a peaceful country due to the small population size. The bad news is, its a rich person travel destination due to high daily rate of $250 per person.
@TheWeeaboo Clearly you take things far too seriously. I also didn't say anything about Nepal. But the people around me have never heard of Bhutan. I also don't know what my name has anything to do with it. It was something I made over a decade ago.
Its interesting that in the beginning of the video you changed suggested India would annex Nepal and China would annex Bhutan, but to my understanding, as it stands today Nepal is more closely tied to China and Bhutan has diplomatic arrangements with India.
The irony
@@ozelolaf4562 not true nepal shares an open border with India with full freedom to travel , work etc and india is the main trading partner of nepal in almost all goods
@@backstabber3537 That statement would be better targeted at the original commentator.
Now, Nepal is far more valuable as a Chinese ally in the UN and in regional politics. For all the talk of China having bad relations with its neighbours (which is mostly untrue), Nepal remains a concrete example of strong neighbourly ties with China.
🌚which is untrue? China have bad relationship with india, philipines,mangol,Taiwan, Vietnam,japan, even nepal in present is suffering due to china's uncompleted infrastructure projects
You are the one saying untruths. China's reached a detente with India. China's relations with the Philippines and Mongolia and Vietnam are good. And China is in an unfinished civil war with the Republic of China in Taiwan, but China still remains the island of Taiwan's largest trading partner. And China - Japan relations are strained in the same way that Korea - Japan relations are strained. How about instead of cherrypicking and engaging in untruths, you instead look at all the countries that are China's neighbours. Shall I list all of them for you, if you don't have a map?
It is so incredibly hilarious that you think "Nepal is suffering due to China's uncompleted infrastructure projects". Don't engage in partisan hackery.
@@unifieddynasty 🤣 trade doesn't show about relation. India have bad relationship with both china and pakistan but still have trade with both.
I don't need to understand how philipines have relationship with china because they bought brahmos supersonic missile just to counter Chinese threat.
@@unifieddynasty it doesn't matter nepal is Chinese ally or not. It's just a matter of time. Keep clam trust illuminati. Nepal will cease to exist soon. Most likely northern part go to China and southern part to India.
Bhutan and Nepal. Or as a former US president called them, Button and Nipple.
Tf 💀
You mean a Clown president?🤣
😂wtf.
I don't know if this is appropriate.
@@galaxray8700 That is what a former US president called them. Personally I was thinking of visiting Button. How about you.
Thank you for being free and fair on history♥️
*To be fair; who would want to conquer the region where Mt. Everest is?*
It's on the Nepal-China border
@@OkarinHououinKyouma Actually (Sagarmatha) Mt.Everest lies in Nepal only the lower part of everest lies in Nepal-China border.
Mt.Everest is the peak of the mountain not lower part of mountain.
@@gorkhe-f6f before like many yrs ago border didn't even reached no wheere near everest now border didnt reached everest only influence of china reached everest
you meant sagarmatha?
@gorkhe9105 This is straight out of bullshit, both Nepal and China agree the peak of Mt. Everest is shared between the two countries. The South Slope is in Nepal and the North is in China. There's no disputes whatsoever, Idk what brings you to say that and some ppl actually upvoting you? lol
Explain baarle-hertog and baarle-naasau next or just the weird borders of Belgium!
Man Poland is not a small country, neither The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was a small country.
I think he might mean weak nations
that was I joke I guess
Exactly - by simply being actually the largest country in Europe at the time...
@@goattier7728 Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth wasn't weak either until late XVII century lmao. It was successful against Moscow/Russia, kept doing well against Swedish amazing army until the Deluge and held off the Ottomans. Have you ever read any history book?
@@lp9280 the largest continous* im pretty sure Spain was more bigger because the provinces in the Americas
Should also recognize that India is attempting to isolate and control both Nepal and Bhutan. Via an unequal treaty, India controls Bhutan's foreign policy and does not allow it to have diplomatic relations to any other G20 nation, not even China. They've also militarily occupied Bhutan. The fact that the Bhutanese government is now having informal diplomatic relations with China is driving the Indians crazy, but Bhutan doesn't want to end up annexed by India like Sikkim. As for Nepal, India has much less influence there, so they periodically engage in trade sanctions and made ridiculous demands of Nepal when they were drafting a new constitution in 2007. This made Nepal realize that India is an untrustworthy partner and they are now trading and engaging in development more with China as a result.
It should be said that Nepal is now ruled by communists after a bunch of civil conflicts.
I think this divide was seen in the pandemic, I remember India donating vaccines to Bhutan but not to Nepal. Nepal is close to China while Bhutan is still close to India.
@@Apodeipnon Nepal is doing exactly what a smaller, land-locked, country with minimal natural resources should do, negotiating and trading with all their neighbors. Regarding Bhutan, there is a difference between being "close" and being "controlled".
@@jasonjean2901 let me guess you also hate Russia and support Ukraine.
No worries because people to people connection us very strong between india and nepal
@@jasonjean2901 more power to Nepal, I wasn't criticizing.
And yeah I didn't know that about Bhutan
0:04 I mean saying that poland was a small country is kinda ridiculous, they were a regional power with internal problems stuck between 3 hostile major powers hellbent on destroying them, not really the same situation
prob. meant to be ironic
@@phoule76 doesn't sound like it. Neverthenless, it's just a bad comparison
I suppose that's true, Prussia was a smaller power at that point and had to deal with Sweden and Austria, etc
That's great! As a Nepalese I endorse this to watch as this is absolutely true.
One of the rare moment when he covers South Asia
At least they do. What about you??
And shows marathas
indian subcontinent*
This comment section will be filled with angry Indians who will cry about Indian Map
they're already here lol
dhotis will cry if you write "superpooper 2020"
Nepal and Bhutan are under Indian sphere of influence. Both countries' currencies are pegged to Indian Rupee.
If they are completely independent, I believe China will try as much to influence their politics.
Yes china and india both have influence in Nepal
What made you think that
China is literally 50% on nepal trade sources
But so you know nepal and india share history in our religious pages so nepal is not under indian sphere of influence we share so many common things so its ovious that india will try to protect it
china enjoys the greater soft power in Nepal, Bangladesh, pakistan, sri lanka and even bhutan, on the other hand they hate endia and endians
"Small countries sandwiched between large countries don't usually have a good time"
*goes on to list Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as the first and only example*
sure...
And India even provides army security to Bhutan.
Bhutan loves India
We are brothers 🇮🇳🇧🇹
U def aren’t a Bhutanese
@@dukeofpkr why tho?
Bhutan mostly have good relations with India.Tourism sectors in Bhutan is benefitted from India and Indians get special treatment in Bhutan.
Only China is someone who disturbs Bhutan....So, isn't it natural.
Why is Australia a part of mugal empire 0:36
Soon
@@neutralboi1984 never!!
@@KevinKingofPrussians The mughal empire was an expansionist empire. So that was a satire not a literal map
@@neutralboi1984 i was kidding
Their plan failed
a little correction here. Darjeeling was acquired through Sikkim from Nepal to the British East India company. Bhutan has got nothing to do with Darjeeling lol.