Amar Singh Thapa

Amar Singh Thapa (born:1808 Bikram Sambat) was Commander of the Western Front in the Anglo-Nepalese war.

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' **Transliteration: Ma Bagh ko bachcha damaru hu, sino khaney kukur haina.''
 * They will not rest satisfied without establishing their own power and authority, and will unite with the hill rajas, whom we have dispossessed. We have hitherto but hunted deer; if we engage in this war, we must prepare to fight tigers.
 * Quoted in p. 460 in Prinsep, Henry Thoby (1825). History of the political and military transactions in India during the administration of the Marquess of Hastings, 1813-1823, Vol 1. London: Kingsbury, Parbury & Allen.
 * '''म बाघको बच्चा डमरु हुँ, सिनो खाने कुकुर हैन ।
 * Translation: I am a cub of a tiger; don't mistake me with a carcass eating dog.| Translated by Arjun Bhadra Khanal
 * In the context of wealth offered by British General David Ochterlony during Anglo-Nepalese War.

Quote about him

 * Further to the westward lies the valley of the Dhoon [Dehradun], and the territory of Sue-na-Ghur [Srinagar, Uttarakhand]; and further still, the more recent conquests, stretching to the village, in which Umar Sing [Amar Singh Thapa], a chief of uncommon talents, commanded, and indeed, exercised an authority almost independent.
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