⚔ Conquest / annexation · ★ Major
Prithvi Narayan Shah conquers Kathmandu
1768 – present · 📍 Kathmandu
Birth of modern Nepal.
What it led to: Kathmandu became the capital of a unified Nepal.
Where it happened.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- 1761 ⚔ Third Battle of Panipat · Maratha Empire
- 1764 ⚔ Battle of Buxar · British East India Company
- 1765 Diwani of Bengal granted · British East India Company
- 1767 ⚔ First Anglo-Mysore War · Kingdom of Mysore
- 1769 Treaty of Madras · Kingdom of Mysore
- 1770 Great Bengal Famine · British East India Company
- 1773 Regulating Act; Warren Hastings Governor-General · British East India Company
- 1775 ⚔ First Anglo-Maratha War begins · Maratha Empire
Alive at the time
Velu Nachiyar
1730 – 1796
Queen of Sivaganga who fought the East India Company
Nana Fadnavis1742 – 1800
Peshwa minister called the 'Maratha Machiavelli'
Sir William Jones1746 – 1794
Founder of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
Pazhassi Raja1753 – 1805
Kerala ruler who fought the Company in the Cotiote War
Veerapandiya Kattabomman1760 – 1799
Palayakarar chieftain hanged for resisting the Company
Tyagaraja1767 – 1847
Carnatic composer, one of the musical Trinity
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🗂 Era 1
- Medieval IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- Maratha Empire & Regional PowersBelongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 11
- Sultanate of the Maldives 1153 – 1968Existed at the same time (48 years)
- Ahom Kingdom 1228 – 1826Existed at the same time (48 years)
- Mewar (Sisodia) 1326 – 1949Existed at the same time (48 years)
- Kingdom of Mysore 1399 – 1950Existed at the same time (48 years)
- Kingdom of Kandy 1469 – 1815Existed at the same time (47 years)
- Portuguese Estado da Índia 1505 – 1961Existed at the same time (48 years)
- Mughal Empire 1526 – 1857Existed at the same time (48 years)
- British East India Company 1600 – 1858Existed at the same time (48 years)
- Maratha Empire 1674 – 1818Existed at the same time (48 years)
- Hyderabad State (Nizams) 1724 – 1948Existed at the same time (48 years)
- Sikh Empire 1799 – 1849Existed at the same time (17 years)
👑 Rulers 2
- Prithvi Narayan Shah 1768 – 1775Ruled it
- Bahadur Shah (regent) 1785 – 1794Ruled it
⚔ Events 2
- Prithvi Narayan Shah conquers Kathmandu 1768Happened in it
- Anglo-Nepal War: siege of Nalapani 1814Happened in it
📄 Research 1
- The Passing of Empire: The Mughal Case M. Athar Ali · 1975Research on this topic
📚 Books 1
- A History of Nepal John WhelptonRecommended reading