ID | Name | Surname | Type | Notes | Actions |
2132 | Viśveśvara Upādhyāya | Upādhyāya | persName | also known as: Vīsvesvara Ūpādhyā, Biśveśvar Upādhyāya, Bishweshwar Upadhyaya;
flourished: 1774 (VS 1831);
gender: male;
details:
a letter written by King Pṛthvīnārāyaṇa Śāha to Bhagavantanātha in 1774 reports that he and Sivā Ghimiryā were in Lamjung to carrying on friendly discussions (K_0469_0032).
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2390 | Vi[saṃdharā] | | persName |
flourished: CE 1821 (VS 1878);
gender: female;
details:
lived in Kathmandu;
held the title of maṅgalinī;
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1624 | Vorppa | | persName | also known as: Aphe;
flourished: 1856 (VS 1912, Tsum_0001_0006);
gender: male;
details:
held the title of headman (ganchen) of Ṅgāka. #new# | View details |
1220 | Voṣīmāhā | | placeName | location needs to be verified; document suggests a locality in the Kathmandu Valley.
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597 | Vrajanātha Pauḍyāla | Pauḍyāla | persName | also known as: Vrajanātha Paṇḍita;
born: ca. 1753 (ca. VS 1810);
children: Raṅganātha Pauḍyāla;
details:
influential politician at the royal court;
dīkṣāguru of Pratāpa Siṃha Śāha and was expelled when Bahādura Śāha took power (cf. Whelpton 1991: 37).
dbr:Vrajanath_Poudyal, wiki:Vrajanath_Poudyal.
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2627 | Vṛṣadeva | | persName | flourished: ca. CE 400 - 425;
gender: male;
details:
King of Nepal (r. ca. 400 - 425);
normdata:
wiki: Vrsadeva, wikidata:Q107547584.
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341 | Vuṭinātha | Nātha | persName | also known as: Vuṭīnātha, Buṭinātha, Buṭinnātha or Buṭhinātha;
flourished: 1812 (VS 1869) (Naraharinātha VS 2022: 449)
pūjārī at the Ratannātha temple in Phalābāṅ;
predecessor of Lachīnātha.
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1002 | Vyāsa | | placeName | a village in the former subdivision (darā) Tripurakot in Jumla district. #checked# | View details |
999 | Vyāsatālle | | placeName | a village in the former subdivision (darā) Tripurakot in Jumla district. #checked# | View details |
1274 | W.G. Osborne | Osborne | persName | flourished: 1840 (VS 1897, DNA_0001_0068);
gender: male;
details:
nephew of and military secretary to Governor-General Lord Auckland;
wrote a diary of daily events at the court of Ranjit Singh, including several illustrations, under the title The Court and Camp of Runjeet Sing (Osborne 1840). #new#
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1250 | Warpak | | placeName | also known as Barpak;
a village and a village development committee in Gorkha district;
wiki:Warpak, geonames:7799489. #checked#
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1273 | Warren Hastings | Hastings | persName | born: 6 December 1732 in Churchill, Oxfordshire;
died: 22 August 1818 in Daylesford, Gloucestershire;
gender: male;
details:
was a British colonial administrator;
held the title of the first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William, the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal, and the first Governor-General of Bengal in 1772–1785;
normdata: wiki:Warren_Hastings, viaf:29571391, gnd:118709011. #new# | View details |
2484 | West no. 1 | | placeName | One of the 32 districts; | View details |
734 | Western Rukum | | placeName | a district in far-Western Nepal, part of the Karnali Province;
wiki:Western_Rukum_District.
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1289 | William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst | Amherst | persName | born: 14 January 1773 in Bath;
died: 13 March 1857 in Kent;
gender: male;
details:
was a British diplomat and colonial administrator;
held the title of Governor-General of India (1823 - 1828);
normdata: wiki:William_Amherst,_1st_Earl_Amherst, viaf:230148995743959750400, gnd:124523609. #new# | View details |
1335 | William Augustus Brooke | Brooke | persName | born: 1752;
died: 10 July 1833;
gender: male;
details:
held the title of Senior Judge of the Court of Appeal, and Agent to the Governor-General at Benares;
normdata: wikitree:Brooke-1553. #new# | View details |
2239 | William Caxton | | persName | born: c. 1422 in Kent;
died: c. 1491 in London;
normdata:
gnd:118667572, viaf:68979076, wiki:William_Caxton, wikidata:Q94608.
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1271 | William Frederick Henry | Henry | persName | born: 13 June 1820 in Baam;
died: 13 January 1879 in Walferdange;
gender: male;
details:
held the title of Governor of Luxembourg (1850-1879) and Prince Henry of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau;
as an officer in the navy, he visited India in 1837 during his trip to the Dutch East Indies;
normdata: wiki:Prince_Henry_of_the_Netherlands_(1820–1879), viaf:35528063, gnd:129175854. #new#
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1280 | William George Keith Elphinstone | Elphinstone | persName | born: 1782 in Scotland;
died: 23 April 1842 in Afghanistan;
gender: male;
details:
held the title of officer of the British Army and commanded the British Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War;
normdata: wiki:William_George_Keith_Elphinstone, viaf:31788046. #new# | View details |
1282 | William Hay Macnaghten | Macnaghten | persName | born: 24 August 1793 in Calcutta;
died: 23 December 1841 in Kabul;
gender: male;
details:
was a high-ranking official in the Indian civil service, a diplomat and a scholar of Hindu and Muslim law;
held the title of secretary of Governor-General Lord William Bentinck (from 1830);
normdata: wiki:William_Hay_Macnaghten, viaf:22568426, gnd:104102616. #new# | View details |