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 s...
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Date of birth:
- 1775
Date of death:
- 1805 (age 30 years)