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Bhimsen Thapa

1775 - 1839

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Bhimsen Thapa (Nepali: भीमसेन थापा (August 1775 – 29 July 1839)) was a Nepalese statesman who served as the Mukhtiyar (equivalent to prime minister) and de facto ruler of Nepal from 1806 to 1837. He is widely known as the longest-serving prime minister of Nepal and was inducted into the "National heroes of Nepal" by King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah. Born into an ordinary military family in the Gorkha Kingdom, Bhimsen first came close to the Crown Prince Rana Bahadur Shah at an early age in 1785. In 1798, he was recruited as a bodyguard for the King by his father. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bhimsen Thapa is the 13,624th most popular politician (down from 12,249th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Nepal (down from 26th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Nepalese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bhimsen Thapa ranks 13,624 out of 19,576. Before him are William Wain Prior, Alexander Rueb, Anna Harrison, William Cohen, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, and Mohammad Natsir. After him are Igor Matovič, Marty Walsh, Ayna Sultanova, Leon Schlumpf, Matthew Hopkins, and Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1775, Bhimsen Thapa ranks 40. Before him are François Marius Granet, Carlo Rossi, Adolf Stieler, Thomas Girtin, Juan Martín Díez, and Anna Harrison. After him are William Thompson, Walter Savage Landor, George Prideaux Robert Harris, Honoré Charles Reille, Karl Freiherr von Müffling, and José de Palafox y Melci, 1st Duke of Zaragoza. Among people deceased in 1839, Bhimsen Thapa ranks 35. Before him are Gaspard de Prony, Lady Hester Stanhope, Denis Davydov, Giuseppe Valadier, Joseph-François Michaud, and Yuriy Venelin. After him are Alexander Odoevsky, José María Heredia y Heredia, Hendrik Voogd, Marie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel, Jens Esmark, and Allan Cunningham.

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In Nepal

Among people born in Nepal, Bhimsen Thapa ranks 34 out of 59. Before him are Janaka (null), Mahendra of Nepal (1920), Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909), Araniko (1244), Sher Bahadur Deuba (1946), and Sushil Koirala (1939). After him are Apa Sherpa (1960), Ashtavakra (null), Surya Bahadur Thapa (1928), Jhala Nath Khanal (1950), Dipendra of Nepal (1971), and Rana Bahadur Shah (1775).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nepal

Among politicians born in Nepal, Bhimsen Thapa ranks 20. Before him are Madhav Kumar Nepal (1953), Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (1980), Tribhuvan of Nepal (1906), Mahendra of Nepal (1920), Sher Bahadur Deuba (1946), and Sushil Koirala (1939). After him are Ashtavakra (null), Surya Bahadur Thapa (1928), Jhala Nath Khanal (1950), Dipendra of Nepal (1971), Rana Bahadur Shah (1775), and Lokendra Bahadur Chand (1940).

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