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Amar Singh Thapa
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“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.”
Amar Singh Thapa (1751–1816) first seen 1813 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 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 ।”
Amar Singh Thapa (1751–1816) said by 1816 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.”
Amar Singh Thapa (1751–1816) said by 1816 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source