Nara Bhupal Shah ( ne, नरभूपाल शाह) (1697–1743) was a king 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 se ...

, which lies in modern day

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

; and the father of

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 ...

. Nara Bhupal Shah was the son of

Birbhadra Shah Birbhadra Shah (died c. 1697) was the Crown prince of the Gorkha state in Nepal. He was the son of Prithvipati Shah and the father of Nara Bhupal Shah Nara Bhupal Shah ( ne, नरभूपाल शाह) (1697–1743) was a king of the Gorkha ...

, the grandson of

Prithvipati Shah Prithvipati Shah ( ne, पृथ्वीपति शाह; ?–1716) was the king of the Gorkha Kingdom in the South Asian subcontinent, present-day Nepal. He was the grandfather of Nara Bhupal Shah. King Prithvipati Shah ascended to the thr ...

. He was the king of the

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 ...

state in

. He tried to extend his kingdom by capturing Nuwakot, but he failed. After his death, his eldest son Prithvi Narayan Shah, completed the annexation of Nuwakot and even the

Kathmandu Valley The Kathmandu Valley ( ne, काठमाडौं उपत्यका; also known as the Nepal Valley or Nepa Valley ( ne, नेपाः उपत्यका, Nepal Bhasa: 𑐣𑐾𑐥𑐵𑑅 𑐐𑐵𑑅, नेपाः गाः)), ...

, in his conquest of unified Nepal.

References

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