Vishvajit Malla (
Nepali: विश्वजित मल्ल) was a
Malla dynasty
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*Malla, Bolivia, a locality
* Malla Jawira, a river
* Malla Jaqhi, a mountain
* Malla Municipality
* Malla Qullu, a mountain
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king and the
King of Patan. He succeeded
Rajya Prakash Malla and reigned from 1758 until his murder in 1760.
Life
According to a chronicle, he was a son of
Vishnu Malla's daughter. He was assassinated by the nobles at the gate of Taleju temple in 1760.
The nobles then installed
Jayaprakash Malla of
Kantipur
Kantipur (; ) was a medieval kingdom in the Malla confederacy of Nepal, centered in the Kathmandu Valley. The name of the kingdom was derived from a Sanskrit name of its capital city, now known as Kathmandu.
List of kings
* Ratna Malla (148 ...
to rule Patan.
References
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1760 deaths
Nepalese monarchs
Year of birth unknown
18th-century monarchs