Flag of Nepal
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The flag of Nepal is a concave pentagonal flag of red, white, and blue colour. It is used as both the state and civil flag of Nepal. It is the only non-rectangular national flag in the world and the o
A similar (right) flag used in the Mahabharata; chariot with Krishna and Arjuna during the Kurukshetra War; traditionally the Nepalese monarchs were Hindu and considered the reincarnation of Vishnu
The flag of Nepal (1927–1930)
Prithvi Narayan Shah
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Prithvi Narayan Shah was the last monarch of the Gorkha Kingdom and the founding monarch of the unified Kingdom of Nepal, also referred to as the Gorkha Empire. He is credited with initiating the Unif
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…other forms of pennant-type flags, mostly used in Hindu and Buddhist temples around Nepal. Many accounts date the creation of the double-pennant to King Prithvi Narayan Shah. The flag of the ancient Gorkha kingdom started off as a single triangular war banner of the Shah kings with a red colour and with various deities and…
Portrait of Prithvi Narayan Shah
Statues of Prithvi Narayan Shah and his two wives, Indira Kumari Devi and Narendra Rajya Laxmi Devi.
Contemporary painting of King Prithvi Narayan Shah, preserved in the Old Palace, Kathmandu.
Prithvi Narayan Shah consulting with his first Army Chief (Senapati) Shivaram Singh Basnyat.