| The Battle of Lalitpur | |||||||
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| Part of Unification of Nepal | |||||||
 Lalitpur Durbar Square, the royal palace complex, in 1855. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Kingdom of Lalitpur | Kingdom of Gorkha | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Tej Narasimha Malla Six Pradhan Kajis Kaji Dhanwanta Singh Kaji Bhinkhyal Singh Kaji Sinkhyal Singh Kaji Chaku Bahal Singh Kaji Kalidas Singh Kaji Dhanjkaji Singh |
Prithvi Narayan Shah Vamsharaj Pande Surpratap Shah | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 20,000 | ||||||
Gorkha
Lalitpur
Location in present-day Nepal
The Battle of Lalitpur in 1768 ended with the Gorkha conquest of Lalitpur, one of the three kingdoms in Nepal centered in the Kathmandu Valley,[1] and the loss of the rule of the native Newars.[2]
Exhausted by a prolonged siege and much bloody fighting, the Newars surrendered when the Gorkhalis threatened to cut off their noses, like during the Battle of Kirtipur, and also their right arms.[3]
The victors then entered the city and plundered it. They killed all the nobles and important men. They also dismantled the royal palace and looted the houses of the rich inhabitants and even the temples.[4]
- ^ Northey, William Brook and Morris, Charles John (1928). The Gurkhas: Nepal-Their Manners, Customs and Country. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 9788120615779. Page 31.
- ^ Waller, Derek J. (2004). The Pundits: British Exploration Of Tibet And Central Asia. University Press of Kentucky. p. 171. ISBN 9780813191003.
- ^ Giuseppe, Father (1799). Account of the Kingdom of Nepal. London: Vernor and Hood. p. 319. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
- ^ Northey, William Brook and Morris, Charles John (1928). The Gurkhas: Nepal-Their Manners, Customs and Country. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 9788120615779. Page 151.