Abhiman Singh Basnet

Abhiman Singh Basnyat
श्री मूलकाजी साहेब
अभिमान सिंह बस्न्यात
Portrait of Mulkaji Abhiman Singh Basnyat
Mul (Chief) Kaji of Nepal
In office
1785–1794
Preceded byVamsharaj Pande
Succeeded byKirtiman Singh Basnyat
Personal details
Born1744 AD (1801 B.S.)
Gorkha, kingdom of Nepal
Died1800 AD (1857 B.S.) (Kaala Banzaar Limbuwan) Present day Sunsari Nepal
Parents
RelativesNaahar Singh Basnyat (brother)
Kehar Singh Basnyat (brother)
Dhokal Singh Basnyat (brother)
Kirtiman Singh Basnyat (nephew)
Bakhtawar Singh Basnyat (nephew)
Military service
Allegiance   Nepal
RankGeneral
Battles/warsSino-Nepalese War

Abhiman Singh Basnet/Basnyat (Nepali: अभिमान सिंह बस्न्यात) was the first Commander-in-Chief of unified Nepal.[1] Abhiman Singh became the first Commander in Chief after General Kalu Pande died during his second attempt to capture Kirtipur.

He had participated in invasion of Makawanpur during Unification of Nepal.[2] He commanded battles in the Sino-Nepalese War as subordinate commander under Chautariya Shree Krishna Shah.[3] He commanded and annexed Tanahun Kingdom into unified Nepal.[4]

In 1794 AD, King Rana Bahadur Shah dissolved government to overthrow Bahadur Shah of Nepal.[citation needed] Kirtiman was appointed as Chief (Mul) Kaji among the four Kajis [citation needed] succeeding Abhiman Singh.[5] In 1857 B.S., he was sent to settle the area of the Kirata regional areas comprising; Pallo Kirant Limbuwan, Majh Kirant Khambuwan and Wallo Kirant, then called Kaala Banzaar. It was a great injustice to him to being sent to this area at such age when he was already a Mulkaji. Abhiman Singh died at the age of fifty-six in 1857. He was reported to have died from a fever, possibly malaria.

  1. ^ "Regmi Research Series" Author:Mahesh Chandra Regmi
  2. ^ Hamal 1995, p. 185.
  3. ^ "Nepal – Tibet war". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  4. ^ Hamal 1995, p. 186.
  5. ^ Karmacharya 2005, p. 56.