Editing Rajbiraj (section)

===Modern Era===
After the [[Treaty of Sugauli]] in 1816 the region become part of [[Kingdom of Nepal]]. Rajbiraj is one of the few cities given the status of municipality when Nepal's monarchy was restored in the 1950s. The first city of Nepal to be urban planned is rajbiraj.<ref name=Rajbiraj>{{cite web|title=Rajbiraj revisited|url=http://archive.nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=5454#.YNXQFjfP32c|website=Nepal Times| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625124538/http://archive.nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=5454#.YNXQFjfP32c |access-date=19 July 2002| archive-date=25 June 2021 }}</ref> The [[Government of Nepal|Nepal government]] plans to develop it as a model city.<ref name=Planned>{{cite web|title=Nepal's first planned town on revival road|url=http://myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=73973|website=My Republica|access-date=2 May 2015}}</ref> Chief Engineer and Architect Dilli Jang Thapa designed Rajbiraj based on Indian city [[Jaipur]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.spotlightnepal.com/2017/08/12/dilli-jung-thapa-forgotten-hero/ |title=DILLI JUNG THAPA Forgotten Hero |last=Magazine |first=New Spolight |website=SpotlightNepal |language=en |access-date=8 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.spotlightnepal.com/2016/02/19/what-went-wrong-in-my-madhesh/ |title=What Went Wrong In My Madhesh? |last=Magazine |first=New Spolight |website=SpotlightNepal |language=en |access-date=8 May 2018}}</ref> The city is now recognized as an educational capital of Eastern Nepal with various schools and colleges opening.