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    The Gorkha Kingdom (Nepali: गोरखा राज्य;Gōrakhā rājya) was a member of the Chaubisi rajya, a confederation of 24 states, located at the intersection of...
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    Nepali Army (redirect from Gorkha army)
    (गोरखाली सेना, Gōrakhālī Sēnā; see Gorkhas), is the land service branch of the Nepali Armed Forces. After the Gorkha Kingdom was founded in 1559, its army...
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    Gurkha (redirect from Gorkhas)
    principality Gorkha Kingdom, from which the Kingdom of Nepal expanded under Prithvi Narayan Shah, who was the last ruler of the Gorkha Kingdom and first...
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    The Kingdom of Nepal (Nepali: नेपाल अधिराज्य) was a Hindu kingdom in South Asia, formed in 1768 by the expansion of the Gorkha Kingdom, which lasted until...
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    Shah, King of Gorkha. On 25 September 1768, he officially announced the creation of the Kingdom of Nepal and moved his capital from Gorkha to the city of...
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    Shah dynasty (category Kingdom of Nepal)
    the Shahs of Gorkha or the Royal House of Gorkha, was the ruling Chaubise Thakuri Rajput dynasty and the founder of the Gorkha Kingdom from 1559 to 1768...
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  • This list describes wars involving the historical Khasa-Malla Kingdom, Gorkha Kingdom, Kingdom of Nepal, as well as modern Nepal. A war was fought between...
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    The occupation of the kingdom by the Gorkhas went unopposed from 1803 to 1814 until a series of encroachments by the Gorkhas on British territory led...
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    invaded by both Nepal (then the Gorkha Kingdom) and Bhutan (then ruled by Gyalsey Tenzin Rabgye) and was under both the Gorkha and the Bhutanese rule for more...
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  • of several Royal Navy ships Kingdom of Nepal, also called the Gorkha Kingdom Gorkha District, a district of Nepal Gorkha Municipality, formerly Prithvi...
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    Gorkha District (Nepali: गोरखा जिल्ला Listen), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of 77 districts of Nepal, and the fourth largest district of the country...
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    Gorkha (Nepali: गोरखा, formerly known as Prithvinarayan Municipality) is a municipality in Gorkha District in Gandaki Province of Nepal created in 1996[citation...
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    Indian Gorkhas, also known as Nepali Indians, are an ethno-cultural group native to India, who speak Nepali as a common language. They inhabit mainly...
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    elites in the medieval Khas Kingdom and Gorkha Kingdom (later unified Kingdom of Nepal). The nobility of the Gorkha Kingdom mainly originated from Chhetri...
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    Kukri (redirect from Gorkha knife)
    world when the East India Company came into conflict with the growing Gorkha Kingdom, culminating in the Gurkha War of 1814–1816.[citation needed] It gained...
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    Ram Shah (category Kings of Gorkha)
    before 1606 – 1636) was king of the Gorkha Kingdom (present-day Gorkha District, Nepal). He was the son of Gorkha king Purna Shah and brother of Chatra...
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    Prithvi Narayan Shah (category Kings of Gorkha)
    1775), was the last King of the Gorkha Kingdom and first King of the Kingdom of Nepal (also called the Kingdom of Gorkha). Prithvi Narayan Shah started...
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    fought against the Gorkha Ruler and also with the British in 1814 AD) The historic place of war between the Doti Kingdom and Gorkha kingdom during the period...
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  • Dambar Shah (category Kings of Gorkha)
    Dambar Shah (Nepali: डम्बर शाह, ?–1645) was King of the Gorkha Kingdom, present-day Gorkha District, Nepal. He was the father of Krishna Shah.[citation...
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    Prithivi Narayan Shah decided to annex the beautiful Nepal valley into his Gorkha Kingdom. Media related to Chandragiri Hill, Nepal at Wikimedia Commons v t e...
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  • Dravya Shah (category Kings of Gorkha)
    द्रव्य शाह; 1559–1570) was King of the Gorkha Kingdom in Nepal. He was the father of Purna Shah, king of Gorkha.[citation needed] Dravya Shah's accomplices...
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  • Limbuwan was incorporated to the Kingdom of Nepal by the means of collective Gorkha-Limbuwan Treaty with the kings of ten kingdoms of Limbuwan and their ministers...
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  • divided the kingdom into four parts: Bhaktapur, Kantipur, Lalitpur, and Banepa. In 1768, It became part of the Gorkha Kingdom―present day Kingdom of Nepal―after...
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    rather as a jāt (species or community) within the Gorkha kingdom. The Shah dynasty of the Gorkha Kingdom, as well as the succeeding Rana dynasty, spoke the...
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  • Prithvipati Shah (category Kings of Gorkha)
    Prithvipati Shah (Nepali: पृथ्वीपति शाह) was King of the Gorkha Kingdom. He was the grandfather of Nara Bhupal Shah and reigned from 1673–1716. King Prithvipati...
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    November 1814 – 4 March 1816), also known as the Gorkha War, was fought between the Gorkhali army of the Kingdom of Nepal (present-day Nepal) and the British...
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    Kalu Pande (category People from Gorkha District)
    military general who was appointed as Kaji of The Gorkha Kingdom. He was born in 1713 A.D. in Gorkha family. He was the commander of the Gorkhali forces...
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  • to 1774 AD. After the conquest of Majh Kirat (Khambuwan kingdoms) and Wallo Kirat by the Gorkhas, they invaded Limbuwan on two fronts. One front was in...
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    Gorkhas during the Gurkha War, Sir David Ochterlony was quick to realise the potential of the Gorkhas in the British Indian Army. Until then, Gorkha defectors...
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  • (Nepali: कुँवर परिवार) was a noble Khas-Chhetri family in the Gorkha Kingdom and the Kingdom of Nepal. Kunwars were linked to the Thapa dynasty and family...
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