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Kathmandu to appeal to the British
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Kinloch led a British force towards the valley to rescue its beleaguered inhabitants. He reached within 75 km of Kathmandu and captured the forts at
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According to the journal kept at the monastery of Jana Baha, Kathmandu, Shah's troops captured
Bhaktapur on the night of November 25, 1769. They killed 2,001 people and set 501 houses on fire.
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because of his age. Jaya
Prakash died from a bullet wound while Tej Narasingh was kept in chains till his death.
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The soldiers of the treacherous nobles opened the city gates and let the
Gorkhalis in. Shah's troops possessed
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that passed through the valley. Blockade runners found with salt or cotton on them were hanged on the road.
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Account of the Kingdom Of Nepal and of the Territories Annexed to This Dominion by the House of Gorkha
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In 1744, the Gorkhalis took Nuwakot on the trans-Himalayan
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Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the royal palace complex, in 1854.
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in 1769, and resulted in the victory of the Gorkhali king
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616:Prithwinarayan Shah in the light of Dibya Upadesh
512:Malla, Sampada & Rai, Dinesh (January 2006).
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384:The conquest of Bhaktapur marked the end of the
262:came to an end. The defeated king of Bhaktapur,
305:became king in 1742 and resumed the campaign.
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723:. Kathmandu: Jagadamba Prakashan. p. 5.
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412:Battle of Lalitpur
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