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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. [10] [11] Idols of PrithviNarayan Shah with his two wives. Prince Prithvi Narayan Shah's education began at age five through the appropriate ceremony.
Upon Prithvi Narayan's death, his son Pratap Singh Shah was appointed as the king. [8] He died prematurely at the age of 26 in 1777; on the same day, his young son, Rana Bahadur Shah , became king with his mother, Queen Rajendra , and later his uncle, Bahadur Shah , as regent.
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]
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.
Following Nepal's unification, King Prithvi Narayan Shah also encouraged Muslim traders to settle down with their families. Besides trade, the Muslims from Afghanistan and India were experts in manufacturing guns, cartridges, and cannons, while others were useful in international diplomacy because of their knowledge of Persian and Arabic .
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]
On early September 1768, Prithvi Narayan began to analyze the strength of Kantipur forces. He captured the Thamel region which was outside the walled city of Kathmandu. [17] Jaya Prakash did not resist the Gorkhali invasion of Thamel. [18] People began to look upon Prithvi Narayan as the savior since he defeated the British forces who were ...
The Newars reign over the valley and their sovereignty and influence over neighboring territories ended with the conquest of the Kathmandu Valley in 1769 by the Gorkhali Shah dynasty founded by Prithvi Narayan Shah. [33] [39]