| Notes | not be confused with Dalamardana Thāpā who was killed in the Bhaṇḍārakhāla affair in 1806 (Whelpton 1987: 281, 306 n. 89);
died: 1871 (VS 1928);
gender: male;
spouse: Himmat Kumārī;
children: Loka Bahādura Thāpā Chetrī (Regmi 1985: 38), Captain Śeramardana Thāpā (ibid.: 39) and Major Captain Gajamardana Thāpā Chetrī (ibid.: 41);
details:
mentioned in the kamānḍarī kitābakhānā register of 1848/9 and 1854/5 (VS 1905 and 1911) (Whelpton 1987: 306 n. 89);
held the title of captain in in 1850 (VS 1907) (Regmi 1986: 165);
in 1850 companion of Jaṅga Bahādura Kũvara Rāṇā during his visit to Britain and France (Whelpton 1983: 128 n. 99);
in 1860 (VS 1917 mārga vadi 12), holding the rank of major captain, appointed as one of the "survey officers for the Naya Muluk Regulations" (Regmi 1985: 104);
later, holding the title of lieutenant colonel (at least from 1866 onward, cf. Regmi 1983: 125; Adhikari 1984: 228 table V);
served as chief administrator of the gauḍā in Salyan at least from 1863 (VS 1920, cf. Adhikari 1984: 228 table V);
succeeded after death by his widow (in office 1871-1873) and his son Loka Bahādura Thāpā Chetrī (Regmi 1985: 38).
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