King Prithvi Narayan Shah, credited with shaping Nepal's modern history, remains a subject of extensive discussion and analysis. Author Pant, who has been leading Samsodhan Mandal-Nepal's foremost ...

KATHMANDU: When Prithvi Narayan Shah, the forefather of Nepal’s current King Gyanendra, finally conquered Kathmandu in 1768, he did so on the day of the most important festival of the year ...

"Prithvi Narayan Shah created the nation of modern Nepal by uniting the smaller principalities and this campaign was continued by our brave ancestors in different periods of history, ...

Nepal celebrated the 302nd Unification Day and birth anniversary of King Prithivi Narayan Shah, the unifier of modern Nepal, on Friday. Rallies called by the pro-monarchists marched to the Western ...

Prithvi Narayan Shah was born on 7 January 1723 as the first child of Nara Bhupal Shah and Kaushalyawati in the Gorkha Palace. He ascended to the throne of Gorkha Kingdom on April 3, 1743, and ...

Nepal’s first King, Prithvi Narayan Shah, is supposed to have remarked that Nepal was like a yam squeezed between two giant boulders – referring to India and China, of course. The implication ...

People participate in a rally to mark the birth anniversary of King Prithvi Narayan Shah, who started the Shah dynasty in the 18th century, in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023.

June 4 -- Cannons boomed and a light drizzle washed over Katmandu today as Gyanendra, brother of the slain King Birendra, was declared the 12th ruler of Nepal's Shah dynasty. But on the streets of ...

Before that, Nepal was divided into 52 principalities. As per the historians, Prithvi Narayan Shah conquered Nuwakot in 1801 BS. Twenty-five years later, in 1826 BS, he conquered the Kathmandu Valley.

They gathered around the statue of King Prithvi Narayan Shah, who started the Shah dynasty in the 18th century. The last Shah king — Gyanendra — was. Close this menu.