Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah capturing Kathmandu and Patan Kingdoms

History of Gorkha /Nepal Rule over Kumaun, Garhwal and Himachal (1790-1815) -12

  

   History of Uttarakhand (Garhwal, Kumaon and Haridwar) -531

                        By: Bhishma Kukreti (A History Research Student)

                Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah Encompassing Nepal Region

                  After Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah defeating East India Company Army, more terror spread among other Nepal Kingdoms. However, it was not easy for Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah to win over Nepal regions. Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah encompassed the region with tight administration and tightened the economic blockade.  Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah his officers that if a human beings brings salt or cotton towards Nepal, the officer should kill the man and hang him on a tree. The officers obeyed the cruel order with vigor. Father Giuseppe saw hundreds of such dead people hung on tree.

 However, the economic blockade did not favor Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah drastically to win over Nepal Region. Then, Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah followed deceptive methods by luring the officers of enemy Kingdoms.

          Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah Capturing Kathmandu Kingdom

 Indra Yatra is still an important festival of Newaris of Nepal. Newari People used to celebrate Indra Yatra with feast, dance and drinking. On 25^thSeptember 1768 (Annt Chadurdashi), People of Kathmandu were busy in celebrating Indra Yatra by drinking, dancing, and singing. In Midnight, Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah attacked suddenly on Kathmandu by three sides and reached to Festival place and sat on the Chair reserved for Kathmandu King Jay Prakash Mall.  Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah declared him as King of Kathmandu. Kathmandu people did not resist much.

              Kathmandu King Jay Prakash Mall flee from Kathmandu and reached to Patan Kingdom, The Patan King Tejnar Singh was also from same blood line as Jay Prakash Mall. However, within a couple of days, jay Prakash Mall and Tejnar Singh had to take asylum in Badgaon Kingdom under Ranjit Mall. Those three Mall Kings were from same blood line but used to fight with each other. However, now, the situation was just against them.

         Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah Capturing Patan Kingdom

              After winning Kathmandu, the army of Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah attacked on Patan many times. At last, Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah declared that if people would not surrender, army would cut nose and lips of people. People surrendered before Gorkha army. Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah entered in Patan after three months. Gorkha army broke the locks of rich people and looted them. Hundreds of elite and rich people were killed to terrorize the subjects. Gorkha soldiers did inhumanly behavior with dead body too.

**Read More about Prithvi Narayan Shah in next Chapter …

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti Mumbai, India, bckukreti@gmail.com7/1/2015

History of Garhwal – Kumaon-Haridwar (Uttarakhand, India) to be continued… Part -532

(The History of Garhwal, Kumaon, Haridwar write up is aimed for general readers)

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Gorkhavansavali, Kashi, Bikram Samvat 2021 

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