Akhilesh Upadhyay

Akhilesh Upadhyay is a Nepali diplomat, historian and writer whose research focuses on the modern history of Nepal. His book In the Margins of Empires documents the Nepali state's encounter with the British Empire in the nineteenth century, from the Anglo-Nepal War to the consolidation of an independent Himalayan kingdom.

Upadhyay combines painstaking archival work in London and Delhi with a sensitivity to Nepal's own institutions and identity. Serving in the Nepali foreign service, he has written for scholars and general readers alike on federation, diplomacy and the making of modern Nepal.