Before the

unification of Nepal The Unification of Nepal, also known as Expansion of Gorkha Kingdom, officially began in 1743 AD (1799 BS) after King Prithvi Narayan Shah of Gorkha launched an aggressive annexation campaign seeking to broaden his own kingdom's border. After ...

, Khanchi was one of the 24 principalities in the

Gandaki River The Gandaki River, also known as the Narayani and the Gandak, is one of the major rivers in Nepal and a left bank tributary of the Ganges in India. Its total catchment area amounts to , most of it in Nepal. In the Nepal Himalayas, it is notab ...

Basin. Khanchi, established by Raja Hang Vir Singh in Saka era 1357 (AD 1435), was one of three Meghasi Kingdoms; the others were

Argha Argha is a Market Center in Sandhikharka Municipality of Arghakhanchi District in Lumbini Province of southern Nepal. Its fort (''kot'') was the centre of a former Chaubisi kingdom, Argha rajya, which was annexed to Nepal in 1786. The former v ...

, founded by Raja Huwambar Singh, and Dhurkot, founded by Raja Jagat Jit Singh. The last Raja of Khanchi was Raja Durga Bhajan Shah. Khanchi was annexed by

Gorkha The Gurkhas or Gorkhas (), with endonym Gorkhali ), are soldiers native to the Indian Subcontinent, chiefly residing within Nepal and some parts of Northeast India. The Gurkha units are composed of Nepalis and Indian Gorkhas and are recruit ...

in AD 1786 (1843 BS). The territory of Khanchi now forms part of

Arghakhanchi District Arghakhanchi ( ne, अर्घाखाँची जिल्ला ) is one of the districts of Lumbini Province in Nepal. The district headquarter is Sandhikharka. The district covers an area of and has a population (2011) of 197,632. Its ne ...

References

* *http://arghakhanchi.com ARGHAKAHCNHI TIMES Chaubisi Rajya Khanchi Khanchi History of Nepal Khanchi 15th-century establishments in Nepal 18th-century disestablishments in Nepal {{Nepal-hist-stub