| The Battle of Kirtipur | |||||||
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| Part of Unification of Nepal | |||||||
 Swords from Battle of Kirtipur on Bagh Bhairava Temple | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Kingdom of Lalitpur | Gorkha Kingdom | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Kaji Danuwanta Pradhan King Gyan Praja Malla Queen Kirti Laxmi Pradhan (Malla) |
Kalu Pande † Sura Pratap Shah Dal Mardan Shah Tularam Pande Birbhadra Thapa Daljit Shah Abhiman Singh Basnet Vamsharaj Pande | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Gorkha
Kirtipur
Location in present-day Nepal
The Battle of Kirtipur (Nepal bhasa : कीर्तिपुरयाउ युद्ध) occurred in 1767 during the Gorkha conquest of Nepal, and was fought at Kirtipur, one of the principal towns in the Kathmandu Valley.[1][2] Kirtipur was then a walled town of 800 houses and part of the kingdom of Lalitpur. It is spread along the top of a ridge.[3]
The battle between the Newars of the valley and the invading Gorkhalis marked a turning point in the war of expansion launched by Gorkhali king Prithvi Narayan Shah. It led to his subjugation of the rest of the coveted valley[4][5] and the end of Newar rule.[6]
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- ^ "History of Nepal: Unification Campaign of Prithvi Narayan Shah". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
- ^ Giuseppe, Father (1799). "Account of the Kingdom of Nepal". Asiatick Researches. London: Vernor and Hood. Retrieved 18 October 2012. Page 308.
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- ^ Giuseppe, Father (1799). "Account of the Kingdom of Nepal". Asiatick Researches. London: Vernor and Hood. Retrieved 16 October 2012. Pages 316-319.
- ^ Waller, Derek J. (2004). The Pundits: British Exploration Of Tibet And Central Asia. University Press of Kentucky. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-8131-9100-3.