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Some current rumblings in Nepal about all those antique khukuris (and other antique weapons) from the Nepal national armory that were sold to a U.S. company about ten years ago.
"Disclosure by the Ministry of Defense that it had obtained only half of the total amount of money from the sale is enough indication of a great deal of misappropriation and embezzlement. Monetary value aside, the antique weapons were a living witness of the expansion era of the late eighteenth century and Anglo-Nepal War (1814-16)"
--quoted from "Trading History, Republica, 8/14/11
http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=34689
"Unless exemplary action is taken against those involved in these deals and a proper system put in place to document such antiques, many physical evidence linked with tales of bravery of the Gorkha soldier may be lost forever."
--quoted from "History Traded for Peanuts", by Utpal Parashar, Hindustan Times, 8/16/11
http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/kurakani-in-kathmandu/2011/08/16/history-traded-for-peanuts/
"Disclosure by the Ministry of Defense that it had obtained only half of the total amount of money from the sale is enough indication of a great deal of misappropriation and embezzlement. Monetary value aside, the antique weapons were a living witness of the expansion era of the late eighteenth century and Anglo-Nepal War (1814-16)"
--quoted from "Trading History, Republica, 8/14/11
http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=34689
"Unless exemplary action is taken against those involved in these deals and a proper system put in place to document such antiques, many physical evidence linked with tales of bravery of the Gorkha soldier may be lost forever."
--quoted from "History Traded for Peanuts", by Utpal Parashar, Hindustan Times, 8/16/11
http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/kurakani-in-kathmandu/2011/08/16/history-traded-for-peanuts/
