Bhakti Thapa
Bhakti Thapa Chhetri | |
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सरदार भक्ति थापा क्षेत्री | |
 Portrait of Sardar Bhakti Thapa Chhetri in his 70s | |
| Grand Old Man of Deothal | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1741 Lamjung District, Nepal |
| Died | 1815 (aged 74) Deuthal, Garhwal Division, Kingdom of Nepal (present day Uttarakhand, India) |
| Children | Ram Das Thapa Chhetri |
| Military service | |
| Battles/wars | Anglo-Nepalese war |
Bhakti Thapa Chhetri (Nepali: ; born Lamjung, Nepal 1741 A.D.- 1815 A.D.) was a Nepalese military general and governor in the Kingdom of Nepal. He first worked for the Kingdom of Lamjung.[1] He is regarded as one of Nepal's national heroes. Thapa, who served as the Sardar (commander) of the Lamjung state, battled Gorkhali in the conflict on behalf of Lamjung King Kehari Narayan. Following Lamjung's defeat in the conflict with the Gorkhali (Nepali) army, he was taken prisoner of war and sent to Kathmandu. Later, he was chosen to serve in the Nepali army as a sirdar (one of the sirdars).[2]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Three must-know facts about Bhakti Thapa, the new Nepali luminary".
- ↑ "You are being redirected..." thehimalayantimes.com.