Prithvi Narayan Shah

King of Nepal from 1768 to 1775

Prithvi Narayan Shah (Nepali: पृथ्वीनारायण शाह; 7 January 1723 – 11 January 1775) was the last monarch of the Gorkha Kingdom and the founding monarch of the unified Kingdom of Nepal, also referred to as the Gorkha Empire. He is credited with initiating the Unification of Nepal and relocating Kathmandu as the royal capital. He ruled Gorkha from 1743 to 1768 and Nepal from 1768 until his death in 1775.

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