Nara Bhupal Shah (; 1697–1743) was a king of the Gorkha Kingdom, which lies in modern day

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

; and the father of

Prithvi Narayan Shah Prithvi Narayan Shah (; 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 a ...

. Nara Bhupal Shah was the son of Birbhadra Shah, the grandson of Prithvipati Shah. He was the king of the Gorkha state in

. He unsuccessfully tried to extend his kingdom by capturing Nuwakot. After his death, his eldest son, Prithvi Narayan Shah, annexed Nuwakot and even the

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, in his conquest of a unified Nepal.

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Kings of Gorkha 1743 deaths 1690s births 18th-century monarchs in Asia People of the Nepalese unification People from Gorkha District 18th-century Nepalese people Nepalese Hindus 18th-century monarchs {{Nepal-royal-stub