Conquest of Kathmandu Valley (1768)
- Title
- Conquest of Kathmandu Valley (1768)
- Description
On the night of the Indra Jatra festival in September 1768, Prithvi Narayan Shah's forces entered Kathmandu while the citizens were celebrating.
Key Events
- Kathmandu (Kantipur): Captured on September 26, 1768 (13 Ashwin 1825 BS) almost without a fight as King Jaya Prakash Malla fled.
- Patan (Lalitpur): Captured in October 1768 (Ashwin 1825 BS) when the Gorkhalis marched in unopposed.
- Bhaktapur: Captured in November 1769 (Karthik 1826 BS) after a battle, ending the Malla rule in the Kathmandu valley.
This conquest united the three medieval Malla kingdoms and established Kathmandu as the capital of the unified Nepal.
- Period
- Unification
- Year (BS)
- 1825
- Year (AD)
- 1768
- CMAT Significance
- CMAT questions frequently target the year (1768 AD / 1825 BS) and the festival (Indra Jatra) during which Kathmandu was conquered.