Hasti Dal Shah or Hastidal Shah was an ancient warrior at

Anglo-Nepalese war The Anglo-Nepalese War (1 November 1814 – 4 March 1816), also known as the Gorkha War or Nepal-Company War, was fought between the Gorkhali army of the Kingdom of Nepal (present-day Nepal) and the forces of the British East India Company ...

from the family of

Shah Dynasty The Shah dynasty (), also known as the Shahs of Gorkha or the Royal House of Gorkha, was the ruling Chaubise Thakuri dynasty and the founder of the Gorkha Kingdom from 1559 to 1768 and later the unified Kingdom of Nepal from 1768 to 28 May ...

Gorkha The Gurkhas or Gorkhas (), with the endonym Gorkhali ( Nepali: गोर्खाली ), are soldiers native to the Indian subcontinent, chiefly residing within Nepal and some parts of North India. The Gurkha units consist of Nepali and ...

. He was called upon as an able commander on the Almora Front during the

. His death was followed by the ultimate fall of Gorkha forces in

Almora Almora ( Kumaoni: ') is a municipal corporation and a cantonment town in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Almora district. Almora is located on a ridge at the southern edge of the Kumaon Hills of the ...

Background

He was born to Birbaha Shah. He was grandson of ''Maharaj Adhirajkumar'' Chandrarup Shah, 4th son of King Prithvipati Shah of

. His three brothers were Governor Bam Shah, Dilip Shah, and Rudra Bir Shah.

Life and Death

At the

, his brother Bam Shah was the governor of Kumaun. He reached Almoda with a small body of reinforcements. Four companies sent from Kathmandu to aid the beleaguered defences of Kumaun were delayed. Hastidal and 500 Nepalese Army men moved from Almoda to secure Almoda's northern line of communications with Kathmandu. This party was intercepted. Hastidal, the ablest commander was killed in the early moments of the attack.

References

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