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In 1767, the king of Gorkha sent his army to attack Kirtipur a third time under the command of Surpratap. In response, the three kings of Malla Confederacy joined forces and sent their troops to the relief of Kirtipur, but they could not dislodge the Gorkhalis from their positions.
With the siege of Kathmandu continuing, the Gorkhalis took Kirtipur in the Battle of Kirtipur in 1767. The fall of the hilltop town located to the west of Kathmandu, which was marked by bloody fighting and savagery, was a setback for the valley's defense.
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One of the city gates through which the Gorkhalis entered Kirtipur. The Battle of Kirtipur occurred in 1767 during the Gorkha conquest of Nepal, and was fought at Kirtipur, one of the principal towns in the Kathmandu Valley. [11] [12] Kirtipur was then a walled town of 800 houses and part of the kingdom of Lalitpur. It is spread along the top ...
Battle of Kirtipur (1767) Gorkha Kingdom: Kingdom of Patan: Victory. After 3 previous failed attempts, Kirtipur fell. Battle of Kathmandu (1768) Gorkha Kingdom:
The victory in the Battle of Kirtipur made Shah's two-decade-long effort to take possession of the Kathmandu Valley possible. After the fall of Kirtipur, Shah took the city-state of Kathmandu in 1768. That same year he also took possession of Lalitpur. In 1769 he took possession of Bhaktapur, completing his conquest of the Nepal Valley. [21]
Category: 1767 in Nepal. ... Battle of Kirtipur This page was last edited on 6 July 2021, at 18:02 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Kirtipur's history dates from 1099 A.D. It was part of the territory of Lalitpur at the time of the invasion of the Kathmandu Valley by the Gorkhali king Prithvi Narayan Shah in the 18th century. [10] In 1767, Kirtipur was annexed to the Gorkhali kingdom by Prithvi Narayan Shah following the Battle of Kirtipur. He conquered the town on his ...