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Makwanpur District (Nepali: मकवानपुर जिल्ला; Listen ⓘ), in Bagmati Province, earlier a part of Narayani Zone, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal.
Battle of Makwanpur was fought on 21 August 1762 in Makwanpurgadhi, Nepal between the Gorkha Kingdom and the Kingdom of Makwanpur. [1] The battle lasted for about eight hours and resulted in Gorkhali victory.
[3] [4] For a part of their history, up till 1675, they were subordinate to the Rajas of Darbhanga [5] and paid tribute to them. They were later conquered in 1762 by Prithvi Narayan Shah during his unification of Nepal military campaign in the battle of Makwanpur. [6] In that battle, 60 Gorkhali and 400 soldiers were Makwanpur. [6]
Prithvinarayana's actions led to clashes with external forces. Firstly, Ali Mir Kasim, the Nawab of Bengal, was incited by Digbandhan Sena, the displaced ruler of Makwanpur and Prithvinarayana's first wife's brother, to attack the Gorkha stronghold in Makwanpur.
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