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Details for Nayana Siṃha Thāpā

ID221
NameNayana Siṃha Thāpā
TypepersName
Notesalso known as Naina Siṃha Thāpā;

born: 1777;

died: in winter 1806/07 in Kangra (cf. Panta VS 2025: 55 and VS 2025a: 132f.; Dabaral 1987: 67 and Whelpton 1991: 254);

gender: male;

father: Amara Siṃha Thāpā;

siblings: Bhīmasena Thāpā;

spouse: Raṇa Kumārī Pā̃ḍe;

children: Gaṇeśa Kumārī, Queen Lalitatripurāsundarī, Ujira Siṃha Thāpā, and Māthavara Siṃha Thāpā;

details:

held the title of General and kājī; together with Ambara Siṃha Thāpā;

appointed chief administrator of the Kangra region in September 1805 (M.C. Regmi 1987: 59 and 1999: 53f.);

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SurnameThāpā
Name XML file Year reliable?
Nayana Siṃha Thāpā DNA_0014_0022 (c) 1826 (VS 1883) yes

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