Rana Bahadur Shah

Rana Bahadur Shah, King of Nepal (Nepali: राणा बहादुर शाह 1775-1805) was the third King of Nepal. He succeeded to the throne in 1777 on the death of his father, Pratap Singh Shah. He ruled under the regencies of his mother, Queen Rajendra Laxmi (died 1785) and then of his uncle, Bahadur Shah. During this time, the kingdom expanded by conquest to include the Garhwal and Kumaon regions, now in India. In 1799, he abdicated in favor of his infant son... more

Date of birth:

  • 1775

Date of death:

  • 1805 (age 30 years)

Monarch

Royal line

Shah dynasty

The Shah dynasty was the ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Nepal. The former royal family of Nepal are the descendants of the Parmar Rajput dynasty of the Narsinghgarh state in Malwa, Madhyapradesh.. The famous Kings of the malwa region of Madhyapradesh were Raja Bhrathari, Samrat Vikramaditya and...
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