NEPAL
Makawanpur
The fort fell after an eight-hour fight on 21 August 1762. Five months later a Bengal army sent to restore Digbandhan Sen was beaten on the same ground — the first time Gorkhali troops defeated musket-and-artillery troops from the plains.
WHO RULEDKingdom of Nepal (Shah dynasty)Direct rule · since 1762 CE
REIGNINGGirvan Yuddha Bikram Shah1799 CE–1816 CEReigned through Nepal's greatest territorial expansion and its defeat in the Anglo-Nepalese War, which cost the kingdom the losses of the Sugauli Treaty.
Ruled over time (5 spans)
- Sen Kingdom of Makwanpur100 CE – 1762 CE
- Kingdom of Nepal (Shah dynasty)1762 CE – 1846 CE
- Kingdom of Nepal (Rana oligarchy)1846 CE – 1951 CE
- Kingdom of Nepal1951 CE – 2008 CE
- Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal2008 CE – today