The Foreign Policy of the Rana Regime : The Formation, Reinforcement and Influence of the ‘British Forward’ Policy

Prithvi Narayan Shah, the 18th-century conqueror who united Nepal, left a famous saying., “Nepal is like a yam between two boulders”, which describes the geographical position of Nepal vividly. However, as the Qing Dynasty was defeated by the British Empire in the Opium War and the British Empire began to rule India directly after the Indian Mutiny, the northern boulder collapsed in the mid-19th century. At almost the same time, Jang Bahadur Rana became the first Prime Minister of the Rana Regime of Nepal. How would Nepal adjust its foreign policy to confront the pressure from the British Empire? The purpose of this paper is to describe the process of the formation and the reinforcement of the British forward policy. This article will also analyze the reason for the policy transition and the influence of the policy