Bahadur Shah of Nepal
| Bahadur Shah | |
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| Prince Regent of Nepal | |
| Born | 16 June 1757 Gorkha, Nepal |
| Died | 24 June 1797 (aged 40) Aryaghat, Pashupatinath, Nepal |
| Spouse | Vidya Laxmi Devi |
| Issue | Ripu Mardan Shah Shatru Bhanjan Shah |
| Dynasty | Shah dynasty |
| Father | Prithvi Narayan Shah |
| Mother | Narendra Rajya Laxmi Devi |
| Religion | Hinduism |
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Rajpratinidhi Mahila Sahibjyu Bahadur Shah |
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| राजप्रतिनिधि माँहिला साहिबज्यू बहादुर शाह |
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| Chief Chautaria & Prince Regent of Nepal | |
| Mulkaji | |
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In office 31st August, 1778 – 20th June, 1779 |
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| Preceded by | established |
| Succeeded by | deposed |
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In office 13th July, 1785 A.D. – 6th June, 1794 A.D. |
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| Preceded by | reinstated as Chief Chautaria |
| Succeeded by | Kirtiman Singh Basnyat as Chief Kazi |
| Military service | |
| Nickname(s) | Fatteh Bahadur Shah |
| Allegiance |
 Nepal
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| Rank | General |
| Battles/wars | Nepal Tibet War & Sino-Nepalese War |
Prince Bahadur Shah (Nepali: बहादुर शाह) was the younger son of King Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723–1775) of modern Nepal.
He accompanied his father King Prithvi Narayan Shah on battlefields and in negotiations. Unike his brother Pratap Singh Shah (r. 1775–1777) who was a luxury loving and indulgent king more interested in tantrism; Bahadur remained a disciplined and farsighted statesman.
He remained in self-exile after his father's death in Bettiah, British India, until called upon by the Nepal Durbar after the death of his brother.
He made Nuwakot his capital. Shah took a hardline approach to unification offering one of the options to state kings and princes: accept Gorkha sovereignty while continuing to rule themselves or battle to the death.
Many minor states accepted annexation with notable resistance from Jumla and Doti. The king of Jumla, Shovan Shahi, fled to China, later assisting China in the Sino-Nepalese War. The king of Doti fled to British India and assisted them in the Anglo-Nepalese War. The powerful kingdom of Palpa was made an ally and some territories were given to it as a reward.
Bahadur Shah crushed the Limbuwan rebellion on his eastern front and annexed Sikkim with Damodar Pande and Amar Singh Thapa as his military generals. Amar Singh Thapa annexed Kumaon kingdom upon invitation of its minister Hari Singh Dev. However resistance followed and then a battle. Later the deposed Kumaoni king aided the British in the Anglo-Nepalese War but could not restore his Kingdom.
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