Farwest Nepal- History and Present

This article is by Ankit Awasthi 
The Far-western Development Region is one of Nepal's 5 development Regions. It is located at western end of the country with headquarters at Dipayal (Doti district).Far-western Region covers 19,539 km2. It is smallest development region in Nepal. It has 9 districts and 2 zones. 
The Far-western Region of Nepal is sometimes called the Doti region, which some believe originated from 'Dovati' meaning land between two rivers, others believe it originated from the HIndu god Dev and aatavi, meaning the place of re-creation. The area's history goes back to the 13th century when Niranjan Malldev founded the Doti kingdom following the fall of the katyuri kings. Dotiyali and kumauni is spoken in the far-western region. Deuda, Jhoda, Chhgeli, Chhaliya, Bhada etc are traditional dance of the region and ‎Gaura is the biggest festival of the region. 
 
Doti was an ancient kingdom of far-western region of Nepal and Uttarakhand state of India,which was formed after disintegration of katyuri kingdom of Uttarakhand and far-western region of Nepal during 13th century. Doti was one of eight different princely states formed after the kingdom broken and others were- 1.Bajnath, 2.Dwarahat, 3.Doti, 4.Baramandal, 5.Askot, 6.Sira, 7.Sora, 8. Sui(kalikumon),kingdom has broken because of the invasion of khas kings Ashoka challa and krachalla from karnali zone(Dullu) of Nepal in 1191 and 1223 respectively. Later on, thr whole land between Ramganga on the west(Uttarakhand) and the Karnali on the east(which divides far-western region to other part Nepal) came under Raikas after the origin of Raikas of katyuris in Doti,"Brahma Dev Mandi" at kanchanpur District of Mahakali zone was established by katyuri king Brahma Dev. 

RAIKAS of DOTI: Niranjan Malla Dev was the founder of Doti kingdom around 13th century after a fall of katyuris kingdom. He was the son of last katyuris of united katyuris kingdom,kings of Doti were known as Raikas. Later on Raikas after overthrow khas Malla of karnali zone,were able to form a strong Raikas kingdom in far-western region and kumaun which was called Doti. So far the historical evidence of following Raikas have been discovered;The Historic place of war between Doti kingdom and Nepal(Gorkha kingdom) during period of Gorkha expansion at 1790,according to the history of Nepal,is NARI-DANG which is at the bank of seti river and Dumrakot was the base of Doti kingdom for fighting against Gorkhali.   
Aircraft Museum in Dhangadhi, Nepal
The far-western Development region is also divided into 3 physical regions. Terai is the south, the hill in the middle and the mountains in the north. Mountains region have many high mountains peaks. They are: Mt.Api, Saipal etc.

*Place of interest:

- Parsa Chanairaj Temples 
- Khaptad National Park 
- Sukla phanta wildlife reserve
- Badi malika
- Aircraft museum,, many more.
*Major Cities 

- Dhangadhi 
- Mahendranagar 
- Dipayal- silgadhi
- Dadeldhura
-Mangalsain
Major cities of the region are the major provider of well education, health, employment opportunities, transport, airport in the western Nepal.


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