Prithvi Narayan Shah was born on 7 January 1723 as the first child of Nara Bhupal Shah and Kaushalyawati in the Gorkha Palace. He ascended to the throne of Gorkha Kingdom on April 3, 1743, and ...

King Prithvi Narayan Shah, credited with shaping Nepal's modern history, remains a subject of extensive discussion and analysis. Author Pant, who has been leading Samsodhan Mandal-Nepal's foremost ...

If winds of change had not swept Nepal six years ago, the country would have celebrated the 290th birth anniversary of its founding father Prithvi Narayan Shah on Wednesday and his descendent ...

Nepal’s first King, Prithvi Narayan Shah, is supposed to have remarked that Nepal was like a yam squeezed between two giant boulders – referring to India and China, of course. The implication ...

People participate in a rally to mark the birth anniversary of King Prithvi Narayan Shah, who started the Shah dynasty in the 18th century, in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023.

KATHMANDU, JANAUARY 12. President Ramchsandra Paudel reached the west gate of the Singhadurbar this morning and offered floral tributes to Prithvi Narayan Shah, the unifier of the modern Nepal.

After Nepal’s founding king Prithvi Narayan Shah died in 1775, there were a series of infant and/or weak kings with little to no involvement in government. The country was run by power brokers either ...

People participate in a rally to mark the birth anniversary of King Prithvi Narayan Shah, who started the Shah dynasty in the 18th century, in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023.