Prithvinarayan Shah's relationship with the East India Company (British East India Company).

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The capuchin priest (Capuchin Fathers) who introduced Christianity to Nepal was a Roman Catholic preacher from Italy who traveled to Tibet in the 18th century.  They were the first Christian missionaries to establish a church in Nepal in the mid-19th century.  They entered the Kathmandu Valley in early 1715 and lived for about 54 years.  They had impressed King Pratap Malla and other Malla kings by gifting European instruments such as telescopes and mirrors.

 Under the direction of pastor Tranquilius, the first church in Kathmandu was built in 1760 with the name "Assumption of Our Lady." Prithvinarayan Shah initially wasn't personally intolerant towards priests, but security and political approaches considered him a big threat.  Pastors were once viewed as "spies" or "ambassadors" of European imperialism in Prithvinarayan Shah's relationship with the East India Company (British East India Company). King Jayprakash Malla of Kathmandu appealed to the British Army (led by Captain Kinlock) to fight against the Gorkhali Army.

  Prithvinarayan Shah firmly believed that the priests were the ones who helped intercede and exchange letters between the King of Kathmandu and British officials.  Prithvinarayan Shah wanted to make Nepal the center of eternal culture.  The propaganda of foreign religion and culture had an understanding that internal unity would weaken and lead to foreign intervention in the future.  After conquering the Kathmandu valley completely, the priests went to Patan Darbar to meet Prithvinarayan Shah.  They asked for permission to stay in Nepal, but the king refused.  In February 1769, pastors and some Christians along with them were honourably expelled from the country.


   Writer: Binod Kumar Simkhada
 binodkumarsimkhada315@gmail.com

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