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Details for Dalamardana Śāha

ID490
NameDalamardana Śāha
TypepersName
Notesborn: 15 May 1730 (ŚS 1652 jye kṛ 14 Mon; Panta 2041: 24);

died: after 1784;

gender: male;

father: Narabhūpāla Śāha;

sibling: Pṛthvīnārāyaṇa Śāha;

spouse: Bābu Śivadatta Siṃha's (Pṛthvīnārāyaṇa's third father-in-law's) daughter;

children: Kulacandra Śāha (only son);

details:

remembered as having fought the battle of Nuwakot at the age of 12;

appointed cautariyā by Pṛthvīnārāyaṇa Śāha;

elected king of Patan by the ministers of that state in 1761, deposed 1765;

exiled to Varanasi 1777-1784;

signed pledge of obedience to King Raṇabahādura Śāha and Queen Mother Rājendra Rājyalakṣmī (J.C. Regmi et al. 1981: 43);

normdata: wiki:Dal_Mardan_Shah. #checked#

SurnameŚāha
Name XML file Year reliable?
Dalamardana Śāha DNA_0014_0041 1777 (VS 1834) yes
Dalamardana Śāha K_0030_0021F (c) 1806 (VS 1863) yes

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