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The monarchs of Nepal were members of the Shah dynasty who ruled over the Kingdom of Nepal from 1743 to its dissolution in 2008. However, from 1846 until the 1951 revolution, the country was de facto ruled by the hereditary prime ministers from the Rana dynasty, reducing the role of the Shah monarch to that of a figurehead. [1]
With the help of his Sahebju brother Mahila Sahebju Narendra Bikram of Gorkha and Jagat Jang, a son of Jang Bahadur Rana, the Crown Prince set a plan by which the order of succession according to the 1856 Sanad would be put aside in the event of Jung Bahadur's death; in such a case, Prince Trailokya would force King Surendra to abdicate and ...
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Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah riding a horse Main article: Anglo-Nepalese War The Gorkha War (1814–1816), or the Anglo–Nepalese War , was fought between the Kingdom of Nepal and the British East India Company as a result of border disputes and ambitious expansionism of both the belligerent parties.
The Shah dynasty (Nepali: शाह वंश), also known as the Shahs of Gorkha or the Royal House of Gorkha, was the ruling Chaubise Thakuri dynasty [1] and the founder of the Gorkha Kingdom from 1559 to 1768 and later the unified Kingdom of Nepal from 1768 to 28 May 2008.
yanshu Burma Shah was the first king of Nepal. King Prithvi Narayan Sha was the first ruler of "unified" Nepal, but the history of the Shah dynasty predates his reign. Prior to 1768, the modern-day Nepal consisted of various small kingdoms, several of which were ruled by Shah Kings--most notably Gorkha. [11]