Bidur Bahadur Shah ( ne, विदुरबहादुर शाह; better known as Bidur Shah) was a Nepalese noble who served as Chautaria under the reign of Rana Bahadur Shah.

Biography

Bidur Bahadur Shah was born at Hanuman Dhoka to King

Pratap Singh Shah Pratap Singh Shah, King of Nepal ( ne, श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज प्रतापसिंह शाह देव) (1751–1777) was the second King of modern Nepal. He was the eldest son of Prithvi Narayan Shah, the ...

and Maiju Rani Maneshvari Devi. His mother was from a

Newar Newar (; new, नेवार, endonym: Newa; new, नेवा, Pracalit script:) or Nepami, are the historical inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley and its surrounding areas in Nepal and the creators of its historic heritage and civilisatio ...

family and the

concubine Concubinage is an interpersonal and sexual relationship between a man and a woman in which the couple does not want, or cannot enter into a full marriage. Concubinage and marriage are often regarded as similar but mutually exclusive. Concubi ...

of the king. Shah was promoted to Chautaria by Rana Bahadur Shah with his brother Sher Bahadur Shah. Shah had maintained close contact with the future Mukhtiyar (equivalent to

prime minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

)

Bhimsen Thapa Bhimsen Thapa ( ne, भीमसेन थापा (August 1775 – 29 July 1839)) was a Nepalese statesman who served as the ''Mukhtiyar'' (equivalent to prime minister) and de facto ruler of Nepal from 1806 to 1837. He is widely known as the ...

. Bidur Bahadur Shah was assassinated on 25 April 1806.

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