Continuity of the Unification Campaign

Victory over Makwanpur

Makwanpur had control over the southern route to the Kathmandu valley . The help of Makwanpur to the valley exporting commodities was against the policy of Gorkha. So the Prithivi Narayan Shah thought to conquer it. The king of Makwanpur Digbandan sen had good economic status.Prithvi Narayan Shah demanded the Naulakha Haar and one-tusked elephant to ease his camping. Because of growing power of Gorkha, Makwanpur was terrified and the king of Makwanpur had planned to join the alliance with the Jaya Prakash Malla to resist the attack. When Prithvi Narayan Shah came to know this,he sent armies under the command of Kehar Simha Basnyat, Bansaraj Pandey, and Ram Krishna Kanwar on 9^th Vedra 1892 (21^st Aug1762 A.D). Makwanpur force was defeated in the 10 hours battle and they surrounded before the gallant Gorkhali. During the war, 100 Gorkhali and 400 Makwanpur soldiers were killed. Then the king Digbandan Sen with his minister field to India and ask for help with Mir Kasim, the Nawab of Bengal. He sent about 21000 Muslim soldiers under Gurgain khan. The Muslim soldiers were badly defeated in the war materialized on 27^th Poush 1819 (1763A.D)the weapons they brought to fight with Gorkhali were coughed by Gorkhali in their hand . Then the Gorkha attacked and occupied Hariharpur, timalakot, and Sindhulikot. The Gorkhas troops arrested Digbandhan Sen, the king of Makwanpur on February, 13, 1763A.D.

Second attack on Kritipur

Due to the economic blocked , the condition of Kathmandu was critical in Gorkha made an attack over Kritipur for the second time. But Gorkhali troops couldn’t capture it Surya Pratap shah the brother of Prithvi Narayan shah lost his right eye during the battle Gorkha had to face economic and human loss in war Conquest of Kritipur after the heavy loss of the second attack over kritipur Prithivi Narayan Shah didn’t loose courage. Prithvi Narayan Shah adopted a diplomatic strategy to defeat Kritipur. Grokhali troops surrounded Kritipur for six months and disconnected from the neighbor place and made kritipur worse than ever. Then the commandership of Bansa Raj Pandey Gorkhali troops attacked kritipur in December 1767(1823) Gorkha capture panga and chovar to cut off the contract of kritipur. Prithvi Shah becomes furious from his former defects who played key role defeat him. So some claimed that he ordered to cut the nose of some people of kritipur over the age of 12 and name the city and the named city ‘Naskatipur’.

Victory over the Kathmandu valley

When Gorkhali troops attacked Kantipur on 13^th Aswin 1825B.S. The king of Kantipur was celebrating Indra Jatra festival. As Jaya Prakash Malla was not prepared to fight with Gorkhali troops, the kingdom Kantipur easily fell into the hand of Prithivi Narayan Shah. Then Patan surrendered on 24^th Ashoj 1825 B.S. and Gorkhali troops invaded it. Then the kings- king of Kantipur and Tej nursing Malla king of patent fled from there and took shelter in Bhadgaon where Ranjit Malla was ruling. Gorkhali troops invaded Bhadgaon on 1^st Mangsir 1826 B.S and got triumph over it. This is how Prithivi Narayan Shah invaded Kathmandu valley and fulfilled his dream to be the king.