Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah
| Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah | |
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| King of Nepal | |
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| Reign | 8 March 1799 – 20 November 1816 |
| Coronation | 8 March 1779 |
| Predecessor | Rana Bahadur Shah |
| Successor | Rajendra Bikram Shah |
| Born | 19 October 1797 Basantapur, Nepal |
| Died | 20 November 1816 (aged 19)(smallpox) Basantapur, Nepal |
| Spouse | Sidhi Laxmi Devi Shah Gorakshya Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah Kritirekha |
| Issue | Narendra Bikram Shah Rajendra Bikram Shah Satyarupa Rajya Laxmi Devi Subhagyasundari Rajya Laxmi Devi |
| Dynasty | Shah dynasty |
| Father | Rana Bahadur Shah |
| Mother | Kantavati Devi |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah (Nepali: गीर्वाणयुद्ध विक्रम शाह) (19 October 1797 – 20 November 1816), also called Girvanyuddha Bikrama Shah, was fourth King of Nepal from 1799 to 1816. Although he was not the legitimate heir to the throne his father made him the heir for being the son of his favourite wife Kantavati Devi.
He was the son of King Rana Bahadur Shah, and ascended the throne at the age of 1 and 1/2 years when his father abdicated to become an ascetic. He ruled under the regency of Queen Lalit Tripura Sundari and Prime Minister Bhimsen Thapa. He died at age 19 and was succeeded by his young son Rajendra Bikram Shah.
The Gorkha War (1814–1816), or the Anglo–Nepalese War, was fought between the Kingdom of Nepal and the British East India Company as a result of border disputes and ambitious expansionism of both the belligerent parties. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Sugauli in 1816, which ceded around a third of Nepal's territory to the British. Most of the ceded territories had been acquired by Nepal by war only in the last 10 to 20 years from other kingdoms that had never been a part of Nepal.
The British were the invading forces, while the Nepalese maintained a defensive position. The British attacked in two successive waves of invasion. It was the most expensive war waged during the governorship of Lord Moira.
Colonel Ranabir Singh Thapa, brother of Bhimsen Thapa, was to be the Sector Commander of Makawanpur-Hariharpur axis. He was given a very large fortress and about 4,000 troops with old rifles and a few pieces of cannons. But the British could not move forward from the border. Colonel Ranabir Singh Thapa had been trying to lure the enemies to his selected killing area. But Major General Wood would not venture forward from Bara Gadhi and he eventually fell back to Betiya.
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