Pratap Singh Shah, King of Nepal (Nepali: श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज प्रतापसिंह शाह देव), (16 April 1751– 17 November 1777),[1] was King of Nepal. He was the eldest son of Prithvi Narayan Shah, the king who started the unification of Nepal.
| Pratap Singh Shah | |||||
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| King of Nepal | |||||
| Reign | 11 January 1775 – 17 November 1777 | ||||
| Coronation | 12 January 1775[citation needed] | ||||
| Predecessor | Prithvi Narayan Shah | ||||
| Successor | Rana Bahadur Shah | ||||
| Born | 16 April 1751 Gorkha, Nepal | ||||
| Died | 17 November 1777 (aged 26) (tuberculosis) Kathmandu, Nepal | ||||
| Spouse | Rajendra Rajya Lakshmi Devi | ||||
| Issue | Nagendra Shah (died young) Rana Bahadur Shah Bidur Bahadur Shah Sher Bahadur Shah | ||||
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| Dynasty | Shah | ||||
| Father | Prithvi Narayan Shah | ||||
| Mother | Narendra Rajya Lakshmi Devi | ||||
| Religion | Hinduism | ||||
He became king at the age of 24 in 1775. Pratap Singh Shah ruled for only 36 months, up to 1777, and died of smallpox at the age of 26. He was succeeded by his two-year-old son Rana Bahadur Shah. He did not actively participate in the unification campaign led by his father. The boundaries of Nepal continued to extend after his reign, as his wife Rajendra Laxmi and his brother Prince Bahadur Shah continued the unification campaign as regents of his son Ranabahadur Shah.
References
edit- ^ "Royal Court of Nepal". Archived from the original on 10 November 2006. Retrieved 26 May 2006.
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