Tularam Pande was a Nepalese military personnel, diplomat and politician in the Gorkha Kingdom. He was a diplomat who served King Prithvi Narayan Shah of Gorkha. Two of his diplomatic missions were with Dolakha and Kathmandu while the latter remained unsuccessful. He also served as the national military commanders in the forces of Prithvi Narayan Shah.
He was the patron of the Gora Pande clan, a minor faction of the Gorkha-based aristocratic Pande family. Some of his patrilineal descendants became influential politicians such as Ranajit Pande and Dalabhanjan Pande in the Nepalese history through their marital ties with the Thapa dynasty. His matrilineal descendants became significantly influential; Queen Tripurasundari of Nepal went on to become Queen Mother of Nepal and Mathawar Singh Thapa – the Prime Minister of Nepal and Jang Bahadur Kunwar Ranaji – the latter period ruler of Kaski and Lamjung and Prime Minister of Nepal.
King Prithvi Narayan Shah (1743-1775), King of Gorkha and later unified Kingdom of Nepal
Statue of Kaal Bhairav deity at Hanuman Dhoka Darbar Square, the place where Kaji Tularam witnessed the sacrifice of his fellow diplomats to the deity
Mathabar Singh Thapa, a matrilineal descendant of Kaji Tularam
The Pande family or Pande dynasty was a Rajput-Chhetri political family that directly ruled Nepali administration affairs from the 16th century to 19th century as Mulkaji and Mukhtiyar. This dynasty/family was one of the four noble families to be involved in active politics of Nepal together with Shah dynasty, Basnyat family and Thapa dynasty before rise of Rana dynasty. Pande dynasty is the oldest noble family to hold the title of Kaji. This family was decimated from political power in 1843 CE in the political massacre by Prime Minister Mathabar Singh Thapa as a revenge for his uncle Bhimsen's death in 1839.
Bamshidhar Kalu Pande, Kaji of Gorkha and the famous war hero of the Pande family
Ranvir Singh Thapa; a member of Thapa faction whose political ambition and anti-Mukhtiyar politics led to resurrection of Pandes
Pande palace Lazimpat Durbar later modified by Rana rulers
Kalu Pande Memorial Park, the grave of highly dignified Pande war hero Kalu Pande