Sher Bahadur Shah ( ne, शेरबहादुर शाह; January 1778 – 25 April 1806) was a Nepalese noble who served as
Chautaria from 1794 until his assassination in 1806. He was the son of King Pratapsingh Shah and the 3rd dynasty royal prince of Nepal.
Biography
Sher Bahadur Shah was born at
Hanuman Dhoka
Hanuman Dhoka ( ne, हनुमान ढोका) is a complex of structures with the Royal Palace of the Malla kings and also of the Shah dynasty in the Durbar Square of central Kathmandu, Nepal. It is spread over five acres. The Hanuman ...
on January 1778 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 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 in 1794 by
Rana Bahadur Shah
Rana Bahadur Shah, King of Nepal ( ne, श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज रण बहादुर शाह देव) (1775–1806) was the King of Nepal from 1777 to 1799. In 1777, he succeeded to the throne after the deat ...
.
There was a conspiracy led by
Prince Bahadur Shah, son 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 ...
, to depose then king Rana Bahadur Shah and install Sher Bahadur Shah on the throne.
In 1806, Shah assassinated his step-brother Rana Bahadur Shah, which ultimately led to the
1806 Bhandarkhal massacre.
Sher Bahadur Shah was assassinated by
Bal Narsingh Kunwar
Bal Narsingh Kunwar or Balanarsingh Kanwar ( ne, बालनरसिंह कुँवर; 2 February 1783 - 24 December 1841) posthumously referred as Bal Narsingh Kunwar Rana was a Kaji, military officer and governor in the Kingdom of Ne ...
on 25 April 1806.
References
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1778 births
1806 deaths
18th-century Nepalese nobility
18th-century Nepalese people
Assassinated Nepalese politicians
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People from Kathmandu
People murdered in Nepal
People of the Nepalese unification
Shah dynasty
Nepalese princes