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Prithvi Narayan Shah

1723 - 1775

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Prithvi Narayan Shah The Great (Nepali: श्री ५ बडामहाराजाधिराज पृथ्वीनारायण शाह देव, romanized: Shri Panch Badamaharajadhiraj Prithvi Narayan Shah Dev; 7 January 1723 – 11 January 1775), was the last king of the Gorkha Kingdom and first king of the Kingdom of Nepal (also called the Kingdom of Gorkha). Prithvi Narayan Shah started the unification of Nepal. He is also credited for moving the royal seat of power to Kathmandu.He stands among the greatest Hindu rulers of the modern era and ranks among the finest sons ever produced by the Hindu Race. Prithvi Narayan Shah not only founded the modern nation of Nepal, but did so in a unique and original manner that ensured enduring international relevance. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prithvi Narayan Shah is the 5,247th most popular politician (down from 4,804th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Nepal (down from 8th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Nepalese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Prithvi Narayan Shah ranks 5,247 out of 19,576. Before him are Skirgaila, Emperor Fushimi, Huo Qubing, Donald II of Scotland, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark, and Henry IV, Duke of Saxony. After him are Herschel Grynszpan, M. Visvesvaraya, Gnaeus Octavius, Piri Mehmed Pasha, Firuz Shah Tughlaq, and Doquz Khatun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1723, Prithvi Narayan Shah ranks 11. Before him are Joshua Reynolds, Carl Friedrich Abel, Mathurin Jacques Brisson, Jean-François Marmontel, Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Adam Ferguson. After him are Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Nicole-Reine Lepaute, Tobias Mayer, Johann Bernhard Basedow, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, and Marcus Elieser Bloch. Among people deceased in 1775, Prithvi Narayan Shah ranks 6. Before him are Yemelyan Pugachev, Caroline Matilda of Great Britain, Empress Xiaoyichun, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, and Paul of the Cross. After him are Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon, Zahir al-Umar, Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Richard Montgomery, John Baskerville, and Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck.

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In Nepal

Among people born in Nepal, Prithvi Narayan Shah ranks 13 out of 59. Before him are KP Sharma Oli (1952), Pushpa Kamal Dahal (1954), Rāhula (-534), Śuddhodana (-590), Chandra Bahadur Dangi (1939), and Ram Chandra Poudel (1944). After him are Birendra of Nepal (1945), Gyanendra of Nepal (1947), Queen Aishwarya of Nepal (1949), Sanu Sharma (null), Jung Bahadur Rana (1817), and Ram Baran Yadav (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nepal

Among politicians born in Nepal, Prithvi Narayan Shah ranks 7. Before him are Yaśodharā (-600), Bidhya Devi Bhandari (1961), KP Sharma Oli (1952), Pushpa Kamal Dahal (1954), Śuddhodana (-590), and Ram Chandra Poudel (1944). After him are Birendra of Nepal (1945), Gyanendra of Nepal (1947), Queen Aishwarya of Nepal (1949), Jung Bahadur Rana (1817), Ram Baran Yadav (1948), and Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah (1875).

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