Kirant king 'Hang' had ruled the place
where Morang exists at present. The administrative areas of hang were called as
'Mawarang'. Morang is supposed to be the transliteration of the same word.
HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND
Because
this district used to lie under aegis of Morang Pradesh prior to the
unification of Nepal, it was histirically associated with the history of morang
Pradesh when palpa was in the rule of Rudra Sen . In expanding this regime
toward eastern terai Lohang Sen ,the youngest son of mukunda sen had
incorporated the area upto the Koshi river . A confdlict arose between Bijay
Narayan and is minister (diwan) at that time. The death of bijay narayan at
that time gave Lohang easy possession of the Pradesh. The cabinet, as per the
consensus , was hand over to kirant.Raghav Sen , the eldest son of Lohang Sen
followed by Harirar Sen ruled after the Lohang Sen. Making Indu biedhata Sen
,orphan grandson of the harihar sen and son of his deceased son Chhatrapati Sen
,the king east of koshi,Harihar Sen passed away. His youngest son Shuba Sen had got the region west to koshi.
During the reign of king Rana bhadur shahin 1783 A.D. the
boundary of Nepal had extended to Kamoun-Garwal in the west and tista river in
tista east In 1814 AD, east india
companu under the british government , annexed Dhanpur and kumarkhod ,jhapa
bazaar.Unfortunately, the sugauli treaty of 4 march, 1816 AD, narrowed the size
of country and Nepal became the eastern frontrier of Nepal forever.