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Prithvi Narayan Shah was born prematurely on 7 January 1723 as the first child of Nara Bhupal Shah and Kaushalyavati Devi in the Gorkha Palace. [9] [10] Idols of PrithviNarayan Shah with his two wives. Prince Prithvi Narayan Shah's education began at age five through the appropriate ceremony.
Prithvi Narayan Shah wanted to use the occasion to invade Tanahun and annex it. However, he was advised against an open attack as King Tribikram Sen of Tanahun was an old friend of his father's. Prithvi Narayan Shah thus invited Tribikram Sen to the banks of the Trishuli river on the pretext of a friendly visit and then took him into custody.
Divyopadesh (Nepali: दिव्योपदेश, lit. 'Divine Counsel; [1] Divine Teachings [2] '), also Divya Upadesh, is a collection of teachings from Prithvi Narayan Shah, the founding monarch of the Kingdom of Nepal, as imparted by him to his courtiers and royal priests, toward the end of his life, around 1774–75. [3]
Kathmandu is declared the capital of Nepal with Prithvi Narayan Shah as the ruler of the unified country. 1775 1831 Prithvi Narayan Shah dies; his son Pratap Singh Shah is crowned king. [1] 1777 1834 Pratap Singh Shah dies; Rana Bahadur Shah is crowned king. [1] 1799 1855 Rana Bahadur Shah abdicates the throne; Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah is ...
King Prithvi Narayan Shah, the last king of Gorkha Kingdom (1743–1768) and the first Shah king of Nepal (1768–1775) In 1743, Prithvi Narayan Shah became the ruler of Gorkha. He declared war on other principalities, defeating them one by one. In September 1768, he established the unified kingdom of Gorkha.
Prithvi Narayan Shah ascended the throne of the Gorkha Kingdom in 1743 after the death of his father Nara Bhupal Shah. [5] He founded Nepal after invading Nuwakot in 1744 which started the unification process of the present-day country of Nepal. [6]
Prithvi Narayan Shah was the first ruler of "unified" Nepal. However, prior to 1768, the modern-day Nepal consisted of various small kingdoms, among which Shah Kings continued to rule in a few of them (notably in Gorkha). So the actual history of the Shah dynasty dates much before Prithvi Narayan Shah. [11]
From 1736, the Gorkhalis engaged in a campaign of expansion begun by King Nara Bhupal Shah, which was continued by his son, King Prithvi Narayan Shah and grandson Prince Bahadur Shah. Over the years, they conquered huge tracts of land to the east and west of Gorkha. [11] [12]