Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah
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Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah was King of Nepal. Although he was not the legitimate heir to the throne, his father, King Rana Bahadur Shah, made him the heir for being the son of his favourite wife Kantav
Shah, c. 1815
Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah riding a horse
Stockaded position of the Nepalese at Jaithak
Bhimsen Thapa's troops, right, at Segauli, 1816, with India Pattern Brown Bess muskets and chupi bayonets
Bhimsen Thapa
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Bhimsen Thapa was a Nepalese statesman who served as the Mukhtiyar and de facto ruler of Nepal from 1806 to 1837. He is widely known as the first and the longest-serving prime minister of Nepal. He wa
Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah
…age of 1 and 1/2 years when his father abdicated to become an ascetic. He ruled under the regency of Queen Tripurasundari of Nepal and Prime Minister Bhimsen Thapa. He died at age 19 and was succeeded by his young son Rajendra Bikram Shah. The Gorkha War (1814–1816), or the Anglo–Nepalese War, was fought between…
Posthumous portrait by Anandamuni Shakya, 1937
King Rana Bahadur Shah, the King of Nepal from 1777 to 1799.
King Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah, the King of Nepal (1799–1816)
Possible portrait of young Bhimsen