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| Prithvi Narayan Shah | |||||
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| Shree Panch Maharajadhiraja Sarkar | |||||
.jpg) Prithvi Narayan Shah c. 18th Century | |||||
| King of Gorkha | |||||
| Reign | 3 April 1743 – 25 September 1768[1] | ||||
| Coronation | 3 April 1743[1][2] | ||||
| Predecessor | Nara Bhupal Shah | ||||
| Successor | Position abolished | ||||
| King of Nepal | |||||
| Reign | 25 September 1768[3] – 11 January 1775 | ||||
| Coronation | 25 September 1768 | ||||
| Predecessor | Position established | ||||
| Successor | Pratap Singh Shah | ||||
| Chief of Nepalese Army | |||||
| Reign | 1743 - 1743 | ||||
| Coronation | 1743 | ||||
| Successor | Shivaram Singh Basnyat | ||||
| Born | 11 January 1723 Gorkha Palace, Gorkha Kingdom (present-day Gorkha District, Nepal) | ||||
| Died | 11 January 1775 (aged 52) Devighat, Kingdom of Nepal | ||||
| Spouses | |||||
| Issue | Pratap Singh Shah Vedum Shah Bahadur Shah Bilas Kumari Narayan Shah Vishnu Shah | ||||
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| Dynasty | Shah | ||||
| Father | Nara Bhupal Shah | ||||
| Mother | Kaushalyavati Shah | ||||
| Religion | Hinduism[4] | ||||
Prithvi Narayan Shah[5] (Nepali: श्री ५ बडामहाराजाधिराज पृथ्वीनारायण शाह देव, romanized: Shri Panch Badamaharajadhiraj Prithvi Narayan Shah Dev; 11 January 1723 – 11 January 1775), was the last king of the Gorkha Kingdom and first king of the Kingdom of Nepal (also called the Kingdom of Gorkha). Prithvi Narayan Shah started the unification of Nepal.[6]
Prithvi Narayan Shah is considered the Father of the Nation in Nepal.[7][8]
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- ^ Pradhan, Kumar (1991). The Gorkha Conquests: The Process and Consequences of the Unification of Nepal, with Particular Reference to Eastern Nepal. Oxford University Press. p. 124. ISBN 978-0195627237.
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- ^ Manandhar, Triratna. Nepal ko Ekikaran (in Nepali). Kathmandu: Sajha Prakashan. p. 215.
- ^ "Nepal marks 294th birth anniversary of founding father King Prithvi Narayan Shah". The Himalayan Times. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "PN Shah should be recognised founder of unified Nepal". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 3 January 2021.