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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Gorkha King Singhpratap in context History of Gorkha /Nepal Rule over Kumaun, Garhwal

History of Gorkha /Nepal Rule over Kumaun, Garhwal and Himachal (1790-1815) -17
  
   History of Uttarakhand (Garhwal, Kumaon and Haridwar) -536

                        By: Bhishma Kukreti (A History Research Student)


 After death of Prithvi Narayan Shah, his son Singhpratap or Pratap Singh Shah was coroneted on 10th January 1775. Prithvi Narayan had two sons- Singhpratap and Bahadur Shah.
       The wars and battles for Gorkha Kingdom expansion were continued in the Singhpratap or Pratap Singh Shah period as it was not possible to keep busy army without battles. Gorkha army led by Abhiman Singh Basnet attacked on Tinhu Kingdom. In 1777, Gorkha army captured Upardang and Chittaun regions.
          From the time, Singhpratap or Pratap Singh Shah sat on crown,  Daljit Singh the Uncle of Singhpratap or Pratap Singh Shah and  Bahadur Shah were busy on expelling Singhpratap or Pratap Singh Shah from the crown. Singhpratap or Pratap Singh Shah came to know the conspiracy. Daljit Singh had to flee from Nepal. Singhpratap or Pratap Singh Shah captured his brother Bahadur Shah and put him jail. After some time, Bahadur Shah was sent into exile.
Singhpratap or Pratap Singh Shah died in October 1777 two and half years of taking the rule. His two and half year old son Ran Bahadur Shah was coroneted in 1777.



Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti Mumbai, India, bckukreti@gmail.com18/1/2015
History of Garhwal – Kumaon-Haridwar (Uttarakhand, India) to be continued… Part -537
(The History of Garhwal, Kumaon, Haridwar write up is aimed for general readers)
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                    Reference
Hamilton F.B. 1819, An Account of Kingdom of Nepal and the territories
Colnol Kirkpatrik 1811, An Account of Kingdom of Nepal
Dr S.P Dabral, Uttarakhand ka Itihas part 5, Veer Gatha Press, Dogadda
Bandana Rai, 2009 Gorkhas,: The Warrior Race
Krishna Rai Aryal, 1975, Monarchy in Making Nepal, Shanti Sadan, Giridhara, Nepal
I.R.Aryan and T.P. Dhungyal, 1975, A New History of Nepal , Voice of Nepal
L.K Pradhan, Thapa Politics:
Gorkhavansavali, Kashi, Bikram Samvat 2021 
Derek J. Waller, The Pundits: British Exploration of Tibet and Central Asia page 172-173

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