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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| honorific-prefix = [[Sri]] [[Kaji (Nepal)|Kaji]]<br />
| name = Bakhtawar Singh Thapa<br />
| native_name = श्री काजी<br/> बख्तावर सिंह थापा<br />
| birth_date = <br />
| office = [[Governor of Palpa]]<br />
| birth_place = Gorkha<br />
| death_date = 1832 A.D.<br />
| death_place = [[Palpa district|Palpa Province]], [[Kingdom of Nepal]]<br />
| rank = [[Kaji (Nepal)|Kaji]]<br />
| allegiance = [[Gorkha Kingdom]] {{flag|Nepal}}<br />
| battles = [[Anglo-Nepalese War]]<br />
| father = [[Amar Singh Thapa (born 1759)|Amar Singh Thapa (sanu)]]<br />
| mother = Satyarupa Maya<br />
| children = Trivikram Singh Thapa<br />
| relatives = [[Bhimsen Thapa]] (brother)<br>[[Nain Singh Thapa]] (brother)<br>[[Ranabir Singh Thapa]] (brother)<br>[[Mathabarsingh Thapa]] (nephew)<br>[[Ujir Singh Thapa]] (nephew)<br>[[Queen Tripurasundari of Nepal]] (niece)<br />
}}<br />
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'''Bakhtawar Singh Thapa''' ({{lang-ne|बख्तावर सिंह थापा}}) also spelled '''Bhaktawar''', was a Nepalese military commander, politician, and governor. He acted as an aide of his brother ''[[Mukhtiyar]]'' [[Bhimsen Thapa]] and was appointed the commander of Samar Jung Company. He commanded the Bijayapur-Sindhuli Gadhi Axis in the first campaign of [[Anglo-Nepalese War]] and Makwanpur Gadhi Axis in the second campaign. Later, he became the governor of Palpa and died in the office.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
{{see|Thapa dynasty}}<br />
Bakhtawar Singh Thapa was born to military officer ''Kaji'' [[Amar Singh Thapa (born 1759)|Amar Singh Thapa (sanu)]] and Satyarupa Maya.{{sfn|Acharya|2012|p=3}}{{sfn|Pradhan|2012|p=23}} He was the brother of [[Mukhtiyar]] [[Bhimsen Thapa]] and had other three brothers - [[Nain Singh Thapa]], Amrit Singh Thapa, and [[Ranabir Singh Thapa]].{{sfn|Acharya|2012|p=3}}{{sfn|Pradhan|2012|p=23}} From his step-mother, he had two brothers—Ranbam and Ranzawar.{{sfn|Pradhan|2012|p=23}} His ancestors were members of [[Bagale Thapa]] clan from [[Jumla district|Jumla]] who migrated eastwards.{{sfn|Pradhan|2012|p=22}}{{sfn|Whelpton|1991|p=21}} His grandfather was [[Bir Bhadra Thapa]], a courtier in [[Prithvi Narayan Shah]]'s army.{{sfn|Pradhan|2012|p=22}}<br />
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==Career==<br />
===Commander of the Palace===<br />
After the Bhandarkhal Massacre of 1806, the ''Samar Jung Company'' was selected as royal palace guard by Mukhtiyar [[Bhimsen Thapa]].{{sfn|Acharya|1972|p=163}} Bakhtawar Singh was appointed as the commander of the company to be camped inside the palace for the protection of King [[Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah]] and [[Queen Tripurasundari of Nepal]].{{sfn|Acharya|1972|p=163}} In the maturity of King [[Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah]] and [[Queen Tripurasundari of Nepal]], Kaji Bakhtawar slowly gained confidence out of both from his role of their protector.{{sfn|Acharya|1972|p=163}} The death of King [[Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah]] and his two queens in 1816 had caused his hopes to be destroyed.{{sfn|Acharya|1972|p=165}} After the end of [[Anglo-Nepalese war]], Kaji Bakhtawar was suspected by his brother [[Bhimsen Thapa]] to have joined the enemy factions.{{sfn|Acharya|1972|p=166}} At the time, he was living in the same family with his brother without the division of their ancestral property.{{sfn|Acharya|1972|p=166}} Bhimsen slowly brought Kaji Bakhtawar under his control but their mother pleaded only a light punishment for Bakhtawar.{{sfn|Acharya|1972|p=166}} He was dismissed from his position and was imprisoned in the Nuwakot prison{{sfn|Acharya|1972|p=166}} and the Bakhtawar's Samar Jung Company was heavily disfavored by the Mukhtiyar.{{sfn|Acharya|1972|p=166}}<br />
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===Anglo-Nepalese War===<br />
Bakhtawar was the commander of Bijaypur-Sindhuli Gadhi axis during the first campaign of the [[Anglo-Nepalese war]].<ref name="nepalarmy"/> He was stationing the fort and the region by 2000 soldiers.{{sfn|Hamal|1995|p=128}} In the second campaign, he was commanding his headquarter at Makwanpur Gadhi.<ref name="nepalarmy">{{cite web|url=http://www.nepalarmy.mil.np/history.php?page=two|publisher=nepalarmy.mil.np|title=Nepalese Army &#124; नेपाली सेना|access-date=2016-10-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607215048/http://www.nepalarmy.mil.np/history.php?page=two|archive-date=2011-06-07|url-status=dead}}</ref> He sent the final ratified document of [[Sugali Treaty]] to [[British India Company]]<ref name="nepalarmy"/> after the Hitaura camp of Major General [[David Ochterlony]]{{sfn|Acharya|1972|p=163}} on 4 March 1816.{{sfn|Shaha|1990|p=137}}<br />
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===Governor of Palpa===<br />
A letter dated March 1824 to his brother [[Mukhtiyar]] [[Bhimsen Thapa]] shows Bakhtawar Singh as the governor of Palpa.<ref>{{cite book |author = G. Alevizos | title = A Postal History Collection of the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814-16 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=1nUFAAAAYAAJ | year= 1981 | publisher= G. Alevizos }}</ref> Members of the [[Thapa dynasty]] were appointed as the governor of Palpa because it controlled over 4 battalions of the [[Nepalese Army]].{{sfn|Acharya|1974|p=214}} Bakhtawar Singh died in his office of Chief Administrator of [[Palpa district|Palpa]] in 1832 A.D.{{sfn|Acharya|1974|p=216}}<br />
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==Family==<br />
===Son===<br />
His son Trivikram Singh Thapa became Acting Chief Administrator of [[Palpa district|Palpa]] in 1832 A.D. on death of his father.{{sfn|Acharya|1974|p=216}} However, [[Bhimsen Thapa]] did not trust Trivikram Singh and instead appointed his brother [[Ranabir Singh Thapa]] as Chief Administrator of [[Palpa district|Palpa]] in March 1833.{{sfn|Acharya|1974|p=216}} Trivikram Singh was affectionately referred as ''Kaji Mama'' ("Kaji Uncle") by the [[Rana dynasty|Shamsher Ranas]]. After the [[Kot Massacre]], he occupied the [[Lazimpat Durbar]] for 28 years until he left for [[Varanasi]] in 1875.<ref name="PurushottamShamsher2007">{{cite book |last=JBR|first=PurushottamShamsher|date=2007 |title=Ranakalin Pramukh Atihasik Darbarharu|trans-title=Chief Historical Palaces of the Rana Era|language=ne|publisher=Vidarthi Pustak Bhandar|isbn=978-9994611027}}</ref><br />
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===Wife===<br />
The widow of Bakhtawar Singh on 1839 presented evidences against the former [[Mukhtiyar]] and her brother-in-law [[Bhimsen Thapa]] claiming the former Mukhtiyar responsible for poisoning of King [[Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah]], whom it was widely known to have died from [[smallpox]].{{sfn|Pradhan|2012|p=167}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Books==<br />
*{{citation | last = Acharya | first = Baburam | title = The Fall of Bhimsen Thapa and the Rise of Jung Bahadur Rana | journal = Regmi Research Series | volume = 3 | issue = 1 | pages = 13–25 | date = January 1, 1971 | orig-year = 1962 | url = http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/regmi/pdf/Regmi_03.pdf | access-date = Dec 31, 2012 }}<br />
*{{citation | last = Acharya | first = Baburam | title = General Bhimsen Thapa and Samar Jung Company| journal = Regmi Research Series | volume = 4 | issue = 9 | pages = 161–167 | date = September 1, 1972 | orig-year = 1967 | url = http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/regmi/pdf/Regmi_04.pdf| access-date = December 31, 2012}}<br />
*{{citation | last = Acharya | first = Baburam | title = The Downfall of Bhimsen Thapa| journal = Regmi Research Series | volume = 6 | issue = 11 | pages = 214–219 | date = Nov 1, 1974 | orig-year = 1957 | url = http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/regmi/pdf/Regmi_06.pdf | access-date = Dec 31, 2012}}<br />
* {{citation | last = Acharya | first = Baburam | editor-last = Acharya | editor-first = Shri Krishna |title = Janaral Bhimsen Thapa : Yinko Utthan Tatha Pattan | location = Kathmandu | year = 2012 | page = 228 | language = ne | publisher = Education Book House | isbn = 9789937241748 }}<br />
*{{citation | last = Pradhan | first = Kumar L. | title = Thapa Politics in Nepal: With Special Reference to Bhim Sen Thapa, 1806–1839 | publisher = Concept Publishing Company | year = 2012 | isbn = 9788180698132 | location = New Delhi | pages = 278 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7PP1yElRzIUC&q=the+assassination+of+rana+bahadur+shah }}<br />
*{{Citation |last=Shaha | first=Rishikesh |title=Modern Nepal 1769–1885 |year=1990 |publisher=Riverdale Company |isbn=0-913215-64-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y3NuAAAAMAAJ}}<br />
*{{Citation |last=Hamal |first=Lakshman B. |title=Military history of Nepal |publisher= Sharda Pustak Mandir |year=1995 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O3RuAAAAMAAJ}}<br />
*{{citation |last=Whelpton |first=John |year=1991 |title=Kings, soldiers, and priests: Nepalese politics and the rise of Jang Bahadur Rana, 1830–1857 |publisher=Manohar Publications |page=254 |isbn=9788185425641}}<br />
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