Thapa meaning

Nepali military commander

Bhakti Thapa Chhetri (Nepali: भक्ति थापा क्षेत्री; 1741 A.D. Lamjung, Nepal – 1815 A.D.) was a Nepali military commander and administrator in the Kingdom of Nepal.

Initially, he served the Kingdom of Lamjung. He is considered one of the national heroes of Nepal.

Grand Old Man Bhakti Thapa Chhetri as a punwar Thapa was the Sardar (commander) of Lamjung state. He fought against Gorkhali in the battle from the side of Kehari Narayan, the King of Lamjung.

After the fall of Lamjung in the battle against the Gorkhali (Nepali) forces, he was captured and brought to Kathmandu as a prisoner of war.

Thapa dynasty

Thapa magar caste

Is thapa brahmin

Thapa caste

Magar thapa

Later he was appointed as sirdar (one of the sirdars) in the Nepali army. Two years after the unification of Jumla, he was made the supreme commander (Sardar) of the Nepalese army stationed to the west of the capital in a region that stretched almost up to the Sutlej river, and also the administrator of this region.

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