<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishWaingereza waliamini kuwa eneo hilo lingekuwa mahali pazuri kwa askari na wafanyakazi wa Kampuni ya India Mashariki kupumzika kutokana na magonjwa ya nyanda, lakini zaidi ya yote waliiona eneo hilo kuwa muhimu kwa kudhibiti njia ya kuingia Nepal.  <response>: The Brits believed it would be a healthy place for soldiers and East India Company employees to recover from the ills of the plains, but above all they found the area strategically useful for controlling a pass into much-contested Nepal. 