18 Facts About Bhakti Thapa

Bhakti Thapa Chhetri was a Nepali military commander and administrator in the Kingdom of Nepal.

Bhakti Thapa is considered one of the national heroes of Nepal.

Bhakti Thapa fought against Gorkhali in the battle from the side of Kehari Narayan, the King of Lamjung.

Sardar Bhakti Thapa had great success in the unification of the Jumla District.

Bhakti Thapa's family lived in Dhangai, a remote village in Lamjung.

The old neighbour woman stormed out of her house into the place where Bhakti Thapa was fast asleep in a rage cursing him for his misdeeds.

Bhakti Thapa was sleeping on a big serpent coiled up on the boulder raising its wide hood high above the casting shed that protected the young Bhakti Thapa against the scorching heat of the midday sun.

The parents of Bhakti Thapa were terribly distressed when they learnt about the whole incident.

The neighbor, witnessing the event, believed that Bhakti Thapa might have a significant destiny, a sentiment that contributed to local folklore about his early life.

Bhakti Thapa was quick to realize that one day Bhakti Thapa would become a very famous person.

Bhakti Thapa joined the unification campaign in 1789 at a time when the further advance of the Nepalese force to the west was completely blocked for more than two years by the then-powerful kingdom of Jumla.

Bhakti Thapa changed the strategy of the predecessors and led an attack on Jumla from the difficult north route.

Bhakti Thapa played a crucial role in such rapid expansion of Great Nepal.

Bhakti Thapa was contemporary with the Louis XIV of France, Peter the Great of Russia and Aurangazeb of India.

The royal court sent the following orders to Bhakti Thapa regarding the abolition of slave trading in Garhwal:.

The Sainikitihas describe that Bhakti Thapa was constantly on the move from one end of this vast region to the other end, to prevent the Great Nepal from falling apart.

Immediately after the signing of the peace treaty with China, Bhakti Thapa headquartered in Kumaun became the governor and chief commander of the whole region from the Chepe-Marshyangdi to almost the Sutlez River.

Bhakti Thapa could be forced not to take any such decision detrimental to the honour of Nepal only if he perceived that such action could pose a serious threat to the continuance of Company rule in India.