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Gajraj Mishra () also spelled Gajaraj Mishra was a Nepalese politician, ambassador, diplomat and a royal priest of

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. He was always inclined to his disciple Prince Regent

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. Gajraj Mishra was disfavoured by his disciple King

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due to his support to Prince Bahadur Shah. He was also disfavoured by Pratap Singh's son

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Life

Favourism to Bahadur Shah

King

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had appointed Pandit Gajraj Mishra as an attendant and permanent resident in

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to watch over the activities of the neighbouring countries. On January 1775, King

died at Nuwakot. In order to prevent Prince

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from being a ''Chautariya''(royal chief minister),

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marched with army to Nuwakot to confine Prince Bahadur who was then mourning the death of his father former King

. Bahadur Shah was confined on the orders of newly crowned King

. Guru Gajraj Mishra was a teacher of both King Pratap Singh and Prince Bahadur. On his visit to offer blessings to his disciple and newly crowned King Pratap Singh, he was disappointed with the confinement of his other disciple Prince Bahadur Shah. He requested to the King that instead of confinement, Prince Bahadur should be given a fresh life at exile. On 1778 AD, Queen Rajendra Laxmi succeeded in the confinement of Prince Bahadur Shah with the help of her new minister

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. Guru Gajraj Mishra again came to rescue Bahadur Shah on the condition that Bahadur Shah should leave the country.

Treaty of Commerce and Alliance

During the tenure of ''

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, on 28 October 1801, a Treaty of Commerce and Alliance was finally signed between Nepal and

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. The treaty was signed by Gajraj Mishra, on the behalf of Nepal Durbar, and Charles Crawford, on the behalf of East India Company, in

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and Chautariya Bidur Shahi from

during his exile where he blatantly blamed that Gajraj Mishra and

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planned to dethrone

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and make Chautariya Krishna Shah as the

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after the signing of the Treaty of Commerce and Alliance with British. He also manipulated

(Prime Minister)

and members of the Council of Kajis against Guru Gajraj Mishra and ordered not to follow any of the Mishra's commandments.

Sugauli Treaty

The

Treaty of Sugauli The Treaty of Sugauli (also spelled Sugowlee, Sagauli and Segqulee), the treaty that established the boundary line of Nepal, was signed on 4 March 1816 between the East India Company and Guru Gajraj Mishra following the Anglo-Nepalese War of ...

was signed by between

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and

Kingdom of Nepal The Kingdom of Nepal was a Hindu monarchy in South Asia, founded in 1768 through the unification of Nepal, expansion of the Gorkha Kingdom. The kingdom was also known as the Gorkha Empire and was sometimes called History of Asal Hindustan, ...

. The representatives for Nepal were Chandra Shekhar Upadhyaya and Pandit Gajraj Mishra.

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