Bhimsen Thapa (1775 – July 28, 1839) was the Prime Minister of Nepal from
1806 to 1837. After his initial rise to power during the reign of Rana Bahadur, the immature age of Girvan
Yuddha Shah and Rajendra Bikram Shah, coupled with the support
from Rani Tripurasundari (the junior queen), who was also his niece, allowed
him to continue to stay in power. During his prime ministership, the Gurkha
empire had already reached its greatest expanse from Sutlej river in the west to the Teesta river in the east. Nepal entered into a
disastrous Anglo-Nepalese War with
the East India Company lasting
from 1814–16, which was concluded with the Treaty of Sugauli, by which Nepal lost almost
one-third of its land. The death of Queen Tripurasundari in
1832, his strongest supporter, and the adulthood of king Rajendra, weakened his
hold on power. The conspiracies and infighting with rival courtiers finally led
to his imprisonment and death by suicide..
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