Battle of Belkot

Battle of Belkot
	Part of the Unification of Nepal
Date	1744
Location	Belkot
Result	Gorkhali victory Belkot force ceded Belkot;
Belligerents
Gorkha Kingdom	Kingdom of Belkot
Commanders and leaders
Prithvi Narayan Shah	Jayant Rana
Casualties and losses
	More than 60 Gorkhali soldier dead

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Battle of Belkot was fought in Belkot fort in 1744 a few days after the Battle of Nuwakot, part of the Unification of Nepal.^[1] It resulted in a Gorkhali victory, and the commander Jayant Rana was captured and flayed alive after ordering to be skinned alive by Prithvi Narayan Shah, first King of Nepal.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ Basnyat, Prem Singh (11 January 2021). "The great king who gave us Nepal". My Republica. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
↑ Dangol, Sanu Bhai (1999). The Palace in Nepalese Politics: With Special Reference to the Politics of 1951 to 1990. Ratna Pustak Bhandar. p. 8.
↑ Khand, Jitendra Dhoj (2005). Strategic Thought. Aarati, Prapti, Ajeeta Khand. p. 197. ISBN 978-99946-57-64-3.

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[1] Basnyat, Prem Singh (11 January 2021). "The great king who gave us Nepal". My Republica. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

[2] Dangol, Sanu Bhai (1999). The Palace in Nepalese Politics: With Special Reference to the Politics of 1951 to 1990. Ratna Pustak Bhandar. p. 8.

[3] Khand, Jitendra Dhoj (2005). Strategic Thought. Aarati, Prapti, Ajeeta Khand. p. 197. ISBN 978-99946-57-64-3.

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