Person
- Born
- 1723-01-07
- Died
- 1775-01-11
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,380x
- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,134x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,439x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,810x
- Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean
· 2015 · cited 10,747x
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Key facts
- Reign
- 3 April 1743 – 25 September 1768
- Coronation
- 3 April 1743
- Predecessor
- Nara Bhupal Shah
- Successor
- Position abolished
- Born
- ( 1723-01-11 ) 11 January 1723, Gorkha Palace , Gorkha Kingdom , (present-day Gorkha District , Nepal)
- Died
- 11 January 1775 (1775-01-11) (aged 52), Devighat , Kingdom of Nepal , (present-day Nuwakot District , Nepal)
- Spouses
- Indira Kumari Devi ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1725 ; died 1775 ) Narendra RL Devi ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1740 ; died 1775 )
- Issue
- Pratap Singh Shah Vedum Shah Bahadur Shah Bilas Kumari Narayan Shah Vishnu Shah
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Key dates
- Born
- 7 January 1723
- Died
- 11 January 1775
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Shah
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Nepal
- Place of birth
- Gorkha District
- Occupation
- monarch
- Position held
- monarch
- Languages spoken
- Nepali
- Native language
- Nepali
- Religion
- Hinduism
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Prithvi Narayan Shah (Nepali: पृथ्वीनारायण शाह; 11 January 1723 – 11 January 1775) was the last monarch of the Gorkha Kingdom and the founding monarch of the unified Kingdom of Nepal, also referred to as the Gorkha Empire. He is credited with initiating the Unification of Nepal and relocating Kathmandu as the royal capital. He ruled from 1743 until his death in 1775 . Through a series of strategic conquests and alliances, he expanded Gorkha’s territory and laid the foundation of modern Nepal.