Damodar Pande was the Mulkaji of Nepal (equivalent to Prime Minister of Nepal) from 1803 to 1804 and the most influential Kaji between 1794 and 1804. Ex-King of Nepal Rana Bahadur Shah returned to Nepal from his exile in British India and arrested the members of Pandey faction at Thankot, Kathmandu where they were waiting to greet the ex-King with state honors and take the mentally unstable ex-King into isolation. On March 13, 1804, Rana Bahadur ordered the execution of Damodar Pande along with his two eldest and innocent sons (Ranakeshar and Gajakeshar Pande) without a fair trial to avenge his exiled stay (1800-1804) in British India. The younger sons of Damodar, Karbir Pande and Rana Jang Pande, fled to India in the aftermath.