Bal Narsingh Kunwar or Balanarsingh Kanwar ( ne, बालनरसिंह कुँवर; 2 February 1783 - 24 December 1841) posthumously referred as Bal Narsingh Kunwar Rana was a
Kaji, military officer and governor in the
Kingdom of Nepal.
He was born to Kaji
Ranajit Kunwar of the
Chhetri Kunwar family of
Gorkha. He was the father of
Jung Bahadur Rana, founder of the
Rana dynasty.
[The Ancestors of Jung Bahadur Rana, History, Propaganda and Legend Vol.14, August 1987 - http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/contributions/pdf/CNAS_14_03_01.pdf] Bal Narsingh married Ganesh Kumari, daughter of ''Thapa Kaji''
Nain Singh Thapa and was related to Pandes through his mother-in-law Rana Kumari Pande, daughter of
Mulkaji Ranajit Pande.
He became a Kaji (minister of state) after he killed
Sher Bahadur Shah, the assassin of
King Rana Bahadur Shah. He served as governor of Dhankuta, Dadeldhura and Jumla.
Early life
He was born on 2 February 1783 to Governor of Jumla, ''
Kaji''
Ranajit Kunwar, the only son of ''
Sardar''
Ram Krishna Kunwar, a prominent General of King
Prithvi Narayan Shah. He was second cousin to Captain
Balbhadra Kunwar. He travelled to
Banaras
Varanasi (; ; also Banaras or Benares (; ), and Kashi.) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.
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with his ally
Bhimsen Thapa,
Dalbhanjan Pande,
Ranganath Poudyal, Chautariya
Balbhadra Shah
''Kaji'' Balbhadra Shah (Nepali: बलभद्र शाह) was a commander of the Nepali troops during the Sino-Nepalese War in 1788. He was the leader of the attack from Kerung Axis in 1788. His subordinates were Kaji Kirtiman Singh Basnyat, ...
, when King
Rana Bahadur Shah as Swami Maharaja set out to leave the country.
Bhandarkhal Night
On the night of 25 April 1806, King
Rana Bahadur Shah held a courtier meeting at Kazi Tribhuvan Khawas's house during which he taunted and threatened to execute his half brother Chautariya Sher Bahadur. Bal Narsingh cut down the murderer Sher Bahadur when latter drew a sword in desperation at around 10 pm and killed the King. For this, he was awarded the hereditary post of Kaji by
Bhimsen Thapa.
Life as Governor
He worked as Governor of Dhankuta (1828-1832), Governor of Dadeldhura (1833-1835) and Governor of Jumla (1835-1837).
Fall of Thapa clans
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Unification of Nepal
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1783 births
1841 deaths
19th century in Nepal
Gurkhas
People from Gorkha District
People of the Nepalese unification
19th-century Nepalese nobility
18th-century Nepalese nobility
Khas people