Battle of Kirtipur

The Battle of Kirtipur
	Part of Unification of Nepal
	; Swords from Battle of Kirtipur on Bagh Bhairava Temple
Date	1767
Location	Kirtipur
Result	Gorkhali victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Lalitpur	Gorkha Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Kaji Danuwanta Pradhan; King Gyan Praja Malla ; Queen Kirti Laxmi Pradhan (Malla)	Kalu Pande †; Sura Pratap Shah; Dal Mardan Shah; Tularam Pande; Birbhadra Thapa; Daljit Shah; Abhiman Singh Basnet; Vamsharaj Pande
Strength
Unknown	Unknown

Gorkha

Kirtipur

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Location in present-day Nepal

The Battle of Kirtipur (Nepal bhasa : कीर्तिपुरयाउ युद्ध) occurred in 1767 during the Gorkha conquest of Nepal, and was fought at Kirtipur, one of the principal towns in the Kathmandu Valley.^[1]^[2] Kirtipur was then a walled town of 800 houses and part of the kingdom of Lalitpur. It is spread along the top of a ridge.^[3]

The battle between the Newars of the valley and the invading Khasa/Gorkhalis marked a turning point in the war of expansion launched by Gorkhali king Prithvi Narayan Shah. It led to his subjugation of the rest of the coveted valley^[4]^[5] and the end of Newar rule.^[6]

^ "Nepalese Army | नेपाली सेना". nepalarmy.mil.np. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07.
^ "History of Nepal: Unification Campaign of Prithvi Narayan Shah". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
^ Giuseppe, Father (1799). "Account of the Kingdom of Nepal". Asiatick Researches. London: Vernor and Hood. Retrieved 18 October 2012. Page 308.
^ Kirkpatrick, Colonel (1811). An Account of the Kingdom of Nepaul. London: William Miller. Retrieved 16 October 2012. Pages 381-385.
^ Giuseppe, Father (1799). "Account of the Kingdom of Nepal". Asiatick Researches. London: Vernor and Hood. Retrieved 16 October 2012. Pages 316-319.
^ Waller, Derek J. (2004). The Pundits: British Exploration Of Tibet And Central Asia. University Press of Kentucky. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-8131-9100-3.

[1] "Nepalese Army | नेपाली सेना". nepalarmy.mil.np. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07.

[2] "History of Nepal: Unification Campaign of Prithvi Narayan Shah". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-03-29.

[3] Giuseppe, Father (1799). "Account of the Kingdom of Nepal". Asiatick Researches. London: Vernor and Hood. Retrieved 18 October 2012. Page 308.

[4] Kirkpatrick, Colonel (1811). An Account of the Kingdom of Nepaul. London: William Miller. Retrieved 16 October 2012. Pages 381-385.

[5] Giuseppe, Father (1799). "Account of the Kingdom of Nepal". Asiatick Researches. London: Vernor and Hood. Retrieved 16 October 2012. Pages 316-319.

[6] Waller, Derek J. (2004). The Pundits: British Exploration Of Tibet And Central Asia. University Press of Kentucky. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-8131-9100-3.

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