Jagajjaya Malla ( Nepali: जगज्जय मल्ल) was a

Malla Malla may refer to: Places ;Bolivia *Malla, Bolivia, a locality * Malla Jawira, a river * Malla Jaqhi, a mountain * Malla Municipality * Malla Qullu, a mountain ;India * Mallapuram, Tamil Nadu *Malla (tribe), an ancient republic, one of the s ...

ruler and the thirteenth king of

Kantipur Kantipur (from kanti ''light'', pur ''city'') was a medieval kingdom in the Malla confederacy of Nepal. The name of the kingdom was derived from the Sanskrit name of its capital city, now known as Kathmandu. History The kingdom started after ...

. He succeeded Bhaskara Malla in 1722 as the King of Kantipur. Jagajjaya was the grandson of Mahipatendra Malla (son of

Pratap Malla Pratap Malla (1624–74 A.D.) was King of Kantipur from 1641 until his death in 1674. He attempted to unify Kathmandu Valley by conquering Lalitpur and Bhaktapur, but failed in the effort. He was successful in extending and securing the borders ...

Reign

Jagajjaya Malla's reign was generally peaceful and no any significant battles took place during his reign although minor disputes repeated frequently with Bhupatindra Malla of Bhadgaon. Relationship with Patan was better because his daughter was married to the

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of Patan,

Vishnu Malla Vishnu Malla (Nepali language, Nepali: बिष्णु मल्ल) was a Malla dynasty (Nepal), Malla dynasty king and the Kingdom of Lalitpur, King of Patan. He succeeded Yoga Prakash Malla and reigned from 1729 until his death in 1745. ...

. He also received

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from the kings of Morang, and Makawanpur. He issued

mohar The Mohur is a gold coin that was formerly minted by several governments, including British India and some of the princely states which existed alongside it, the Mughal Empire, Kingdom of Nepal, and Persia (chiefly Afghanistan). It was usually ...

coins that contained his grandfather's (Mahipatendra Malla) as well as his wife's name. Following him, the later kings also inscribed Mahipatendra Malla's name in the coins. During his reign,

Prithvi Narayan Shah Maharajadhiraj Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723–1775) ( ne, श्री ५ बडामहाराजाधिराज पृथ्वीनारायण शाह देव) was the last ruler of the Gorkha Kingdom and first monarch of the ...

had extended his

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as far as Nuwakot.

Life

He had a total of 5 sons. His eldest son Rajendra Malla died at a young age which caused a lot of grievances to him. After Rajendra's death, some

Khas Khas people (; ne, खस) popularly known as Khas Arya are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group native to the Himalayan region of South Asia, what is now present-day Nepal, Indian states of Uttarakhand, West Bengal and Sikkim. Historical ...

nobles came to the king and requested that Rajyaprakash, the king's third son, be declared the

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instead of

Jayaprakash Malla Jaya Prakash Malla ( ne, जयप्रकाश मल्ल) (died 1768) was the last king of Yen (यें) or Kantipur (कान्तिपुर) which corresponds to present-day Kathmandu. He ruled from 1736 to 1746, and then from 1750 ...

, the current heir. Noble's resentment against Jayaprakash rose after Jagajjaya Malla decided that Jaya Prakash would succeed him. He died in 1736 and was succeeded, as he decreed, by

References

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