Ram Krishna Kunwar | |
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| सरदार रामकृष्ण कुँवर | |
 Portrait of Sardar Ram Krishna Kunwar | |
| Sardar of Gorkha | |
| In office TBD–TBD | |
| Preceded by | TBD |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
| Personal details | |
| Born | circa 1728 A.D. |
| Children | Ranajit Kunwar (only son) |
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| Relatives | Bal Narsingh Kunwar (grandson) Balbhadra Kunwar (grand-nephew) Jang Bahadur Rana (great-grandson) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Nepal |
| Rank | Sardar |
| Battles/wars | Battles of Unification of Nepal |
Ram Krishna Kunwar or Ramakrishna Kunwar (Nepali: रामकृष्ण कुँवर; IAST: Rāmakr̥ṣṇa kum̐vara) was a military commander (Sardar) of Gorkha Kingdom during the Unification of Nepal at the reign of King Prithvi Narayan Shah. He was born circa 1728 AD to Ashiram Kunwar in the Kunwar family. His descendants went on to found the Rana dynasty of Nepal. He was a successful general in King Prithvi Narayan Shah's unification campaign of Nepal. He defeated British forces at Hariharpur Gadhi on 25 August 1767. He died in the Mechi Campaign in 1771 A.D.