Mahoddam Kirti Shah () was a Prince of the
Gorkha Kingdom
Gorkha Kingdom ( ne, गोरखा राज्य) was a member of the Chaubisi rajya, a confederation of 24 states on the Indian subcontinent ruled by Khas people. In 1743 CE, the kingdom began a campaign of military expansion, annexing s ...
. He was active during 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. Afte ...
led by his brother, King
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 ...
.
He also held the rank of
Chautaria. In 1744, he commanded the
Battle of Nuwakot with
Kalu Pande
Vamshidhar Pande ( ne, वंशीधर पाँडे) known by Alias Kalu Pande ( ne, कालु पाँडे) was a Nepalese politician and military general who was appointed as Kaji of The Gorkha Kingdom. He was born in 1713 A.D. ...
, and Prithvi Narayan Shah.
His two sons
Balbhadra Shah, and
Srikrishna Shah also held the rank of the Chautaria.
References
18th-century Nepalese nobility
18th-century Nepalese people
Nepalese Hindus
Nepalese princes
People from Gorkha District
People of the Nepalese unification
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