Nain Singh Thapa | |
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जनरल काजी नैनसिंह थापा | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1777 AD Borlang, Gorkha district |
Died | 1728
Saka Era (1806/07 AD) Kangra Fort, Garhwal Kingdom |
Children | Mathabar Singh Thapa, Queen Tripurasundari of Nepal, Ujir Singh Thapa, Ganesh Kumari (mother of Jung Bahadur Rana) |
Parents |
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Relatives |
Bhimsen Thapa (brother) Ranajit Pande (father-in-law) Balbhadra Kunwar (nephew) Jang Bahadur Rana (grandson) |
Residence | Thapathali Durbar |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Nepal |
Rank | General |
Battles/wars | Battles of Unification of Nepal |
Nain Singh Thapa or Nayan Singh Thapa ( Nepali: नैनसिंह थापा/नयनसिंह थापा) (died late 1806 or early 1807) was a Nepalese Kaji (minister) and a military general. He died in the offensive campaign of Kangra from bullet injury. He was the owner of the Thapathali Durbar temple complex.
He was a Kaji and General of Nepal Army. [1] A royal order was decreed on Ashwin Sudi 2, 1862 V.S. (September 1805), for the preparations of Kangra campaign. [2] In September 1805, while being deputed at Kangra Fort, his brother Mukhtiyar Bhimsen Thapa ordered him to arrest military deserters. [3] Gorkhali forces under Badakaji Amar Singh Thapa, Rudrabir [Shah] and Nain Singh overran Nalagarh and crossed Sutlej river. [4] They fought battle against King Sansar Chand at Mahal Mori in May 1806 [4] and defeated him there. [4] [5] Sansar Chand fled to Kangra fort [5] after taking refuge at Sujanpur Tira. [4] Widow of Kirti Chand, Commander of Kangra Army and Nain Singh, the Nepalese commander led the battle at Tira Sujanpur. [6] The Gorkhali invasion became persistent and irresistible. [5] On Saturday V.S. 1863 Kartik Badi 13 (i.e. 8 November 1806), there was a letter which positioned Bhakti Thapa under the joint authority of Badakaji Amar Singh Thapa and Nain Singh. [7] Kaji Nain Singh came with a reinforcement of 1500 men along with Sardar Udatta Shahi leading 3 companies while Subba Ranganath Gurung and Prahlad Gurung had led 4 companies. [8] Nain Singh and Amar Singh were entrusted with the main Nain Singh fought at Kangra fort and was mortally wounded from which he died [9] [10] in the winter of 1806/1807. [11] The Bhasavamshawali also states the death of Nain Singh on 1728 Saka Era i.e. (1806/7) A.D. [7] The event was sketched by 19th-century Garhwali poet and painter Mola Ram. In the 1852 interview, Jang Bahadur Rana mentioned the death of his maternal grandfather Nain Singh at Kangra. [11]
He was born as second son to Sanukaji Amar Singh Thapa. [12] Nayan Singh Thapa had 4 brothers – Bhimsen Thapa, Bhaktawar Singh, Amrit Singh and Ranbir Singh and two step-brothers – Ranzawar and Ranbam. [12] He was father of Mathabarsingh Thapa, Queen Tripurasundari of Nepal and grandfather of Jung Bahadur Rana. [13] He was the son-in-law of Chief Kazi Ranajit Pande of noble Pande family and father-in-law of Kazi Bal Narsingh Kunwar of the noble Kunwar Rana family. [14] Kumar Pradhan asserts that Sher Jung Thapa was son of Nain Singh Thapa, whom Bhimsen adopted [12] while Baburam Acharya contradicts that Sher Jung Thapa was nephew of Mathabarsingh Thapa and was sixteen years old on April 1835. [15]
Nain Singh Thapa | Rana Kumari Pande | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ganesh Kumari* |
Queen Tripurasundari of Nepal (born 1794) |
Ujir Singh Thapa (born 1796) |
Mathabarsingh Thapa (born 1798) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ranojjwal Singh Thapa | Bikram Singh Thapa | Amar Singh Thapa II | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
He was the owner of Thapathali Durbar.