Tularam Pande was a Nepalese military personnel, diplomat and politician in the Gorkha Kingdom.
21 Facts About Tularam Pande
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Tularam Pande was a diplomat who served King Prithvi Narayan Shah of Gorkha.
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Tularam Pande served as the national military commanders in the forces of Prithvi Narayan Shah.
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Tularam Pande was the patron of the Gora Pande clan, a minor faction of the Gorkha-based aristocratic Pande family.
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Tularam Pande was born to father Vali Pande or Baliram Pande around 1782 Vikram Samvat.
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Ranajit Pande, the second son of Tularam was born in 1809 Vikram Samvat.
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However, Historian Rishikesh Shah contends that Tularam was a brother of Kalu Pande.
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Tularam Pande was one of the military commanders of King Prithvi Narayan Shah.
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Tularam Pande fought alongside Kalu Pande and Mahoddam Kirti Shah at the Battle of Nuwakot in 1744 AD against the forces of Kashiram Thapa, Commander of Kantipur Kingdom.
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Meanwhile, the forces commanded by Tularam Pande occupied Dalachok fort and drove out the fort defenders of the Lalitpur Kingdom in 1754 AD.
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Tularam Pande further added that his control has reached to East of Naldum and the inhabitants were assured of lives and property same like Palung, Tistung and Chitlang who had surrendered themselves without resistance.
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Kaji Tularam Pande led the diplomatic mission for concluding treaties with the Kings of Kathmandu Valley as deputed by Prithvi Narayan.
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Subsequently, he imprisoned the members of the mission including Kaji Tularam Pande and murdered two of them.
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Kaji Tularam Pande was made to witness the sacrifice of his two fellow diplomats to the deity Kaal Bhairav.
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Tularam Pande accepted the vow in coercion and was allowed to live.
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Momentarily, Kaji Tularam Pande managed to escape with the help of Kaji Kalidas of Patan.
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The descendants of Tularam Pande were called Gora Pandes and were a branch of the Gorkha based Pande family.
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Mulkaji Ranajit Tularam Pande had a daughter, Rana Kumari Tularam Pande, who was married to Kaji Nain Singh Thapa, through whom Mathabarsingh Thapa, Ganesh Kumari.
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Tularam Pande's son Bhotu Pande was a military officer in the offence of the Sino-Nepalese War.
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Tularam Pande had served as Kapardar in the royal palace.
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Tularam Pande was required to maintain 22 fusiliers and 1 piece of cannon.