Battle of Lalitpur

The Battle of Lalitpur
Part of Unification of Nepal

Lalitpur Durbar Square, the royal palace complex, in 1855.
Date1768
Location
Result Gorkhali victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Lalitpur Kingdom of Gorkha
Commanders and leaders
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
Battle of Lalitpur is located in Nepal
Gorkha
Gorkha
Lalitpur
Lalitpur
Location in present-day Nepal
1802 map of Kathmandu Valley

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]

  1. ^ Northey, William Brook and Morris, Charles John (1928). The Gurkhas: Nepal-Their Manners, Customs and Country. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 9788120615779. Page 31.
  2. ^ Waller, Derek J. (2004). The Pundits: British Exploration Of Tibet And Central Asia. University Press of Kentucky. p. 171. ISBN 9780813191003.
  3. ^ Giuseppe, Father (1799). Account of the Kingdom of Nepal. London: Vernor and Hood. p. 319. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
  4. ^ Northey, William Brook and Morris, Charles John (1928). The Gurkhas: Nepal-Their Manners, Customs and Country. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 9788120615779. Page 151.