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|honorific-prefix = ''[[Kaji (Nepal)|Kaji]]''<br />
|native_name = काजी<br> बालनरसिंह कुँवर<br />
|image = Bal Narsingh Kunwar 1 (cropped).png<br />
|caption = Bal Narsingh Kunwar's painting (referred posthumously in the painting as Bal Narsingh Kunwar Rana)<br />
|birth_date = 2 February 1783 CE<br />
|birth_place = [[Borlang]], [[Gorkha]]<br />
|death_date = 24 December 1841 CE (aged 58)<br />
|death_place = [[Kathmandu]], [[Nepal]]<br />
|father = [[Ranajit Kunwar]]<br />
|office = Governor of [[Dhankuta district|Dhankuta]]<br />
|term = 1828-1832<br />
|office2 = Governor of [[Dadeldhura district|Dadeldhura]]<br />
|term2 = 1833-1835<br />
|office3 = Governor of [[Jumla district|Jumla]]<br />
|term3 = 1835-1837<br />
|spouse = Rakshya Kumari <br>Ganesh Kumari Thapa ([[Thapa dynasty]]) (d.1758)<br />
|children = Bhakta Bir Kunwar<br>[[Jung Bahadur Rana|Jung Bahadur Kunwar Rana]]<br>[[Bam Bahadur Kunwar]]<br>Badri Narsingh Kunwar<br>[[Krishna Bahadur Kunwar Rana|Krishna Bahadur Kunwar]]<br>Jaya Bahadur Kunwar<br>[[Ranodip Singh Kunwar]]<br>[[Jagat Shumsher Rana|Jagat Shamsher Kunwar Rana]]<br>Dhir Shamsher Kunwar Rana <br />
|relations =[[Ram Krishna Kunwar]] (grandfather)<br> [[Nain Singh Thapa]] (father-in-law)<br>[[Balbhadra Kunwar]] (cousin)<br>[[Mathabar Singh Thapa]] (brother-in-law)<br>[[Queen Tripurasundari of Nepal]] (sister-in-law)<br />
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'''Bal Narsingh Kunwar''' or '''Balanarsingh Kanwar''' ({{lang-ne|बालनरसिंह कुँवर}}; 2 February 1783 - 24 December 1841) posthumously referred as '''Bal Narsingh Kunwar Rana''' was a [[Kaji (Nepal)|Kaji]], military officer and governor in the [[Kingdom of Nepal]].<br />
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He was born to Kaji [[Ranajit Kunwar]] of the [[Chhetri]] [[Kunwar family]] of [[Gorkha Kingdom|Gorkha]]. He was the father of [[Jung Bahadur Rana]], founder of the [[Rana dynasty]].<ref>The Ancestors of Jung Bahadur Rana, History, Propaganda and Legend Vol.14, August 1987 - http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/contributions/pdf/CNAS_14_03_01.pdf</ref> Bal Narsingh married Ganesh Kumari, daughter of ''Thapa Kaji'' [[Nain Singh Thapa]] and was related to Pandes through his mother-in-law Rana Kumari Pande, daughter of [[Mulkaji]] [[Ranajit Pande]].<ref name="PurushottamShamsher1990">{{cite book |last=JBR|first=PurushottamShamsher|date=1990 |title=Shree Teen Haruko Tathya Britanta|language=ne|location=Bhotahity, Kathmandu|publisher=Vidarthi Pustak Bhandar|isbn=99933-39-91-1}}</ref> He became a Kaji (minister of state) after he killed [[Sher Bahadur Shah]], the assassin of [[King of Nepal|King]] [[Rana Bahadur Shah]]. He served as governor of Dhankuta, Dadeldhura and Jumla.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
He was born on 2 February 1783 to Governor of Jumla, ''[[Kaji (Nepal)|Kaji]]'' [[Ranajit Kunwar]], the only son of ''[[Sardar]]'' [[Ram Krishna Kunwar]], a prominent General of King [[Prithvi Narayan Shah]]. He was second cousin to Captain [[Balbhadra Kunwar]].{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} He travelled to [[Banaras]] with his ally [[Bhimsen Thapa]], [[Dalbhanjan Pande]], [[Ranganath Poudyal]], Chautariya [[Balbhadra Shah]], when King [[Rana Bahadur Shah]] as Swami Maharaja set out to leave the country.{{sfn|Pradhan|2012|p=13}}<br />
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==Bhandarkhal Night==<br />
On the night of 25 April 1806, King [[Rana Bahadur Shah]] held a courtier meeting at Kazi Tribhuvan Khawas's house during which he taunted and threatened to execute his half brother Chautariya Sher Bahadur.{{sfn|Acharya|2012|pp=64–66}}{{sfn|Nepal|2007|p=62}} Bal Narsingh cut down the murderer Sher Bahadur when latter drew a sword in desperation at around 10&nbsp;pm and killed the King.{{sfn|Acharya|2012|p=67}}{{sfn|Nepal|2007|pp=62–63}}{{sfn|Pradhan|2012|pp=27-28}} For this, he was awarded the hereditary post of Kaji by [[Bhimsen Thapa]].<br />
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==Life as Governor==<br />
He worked as Governor of Dhankuta (1828-1832), Governor of Dadeldhura (1833-1835) and Governor of Jumla (1835-1837).{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}<br />
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==Fall of Thapa clans==<br />
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==References==<br />
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===Books===<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 | pages = 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 = Nepal | first = Gyanmani | title = Nepal ko Mahabharat | publisher = Sajha | language = ne | year = 2007 | edition = 3rd | pages = 314 | location = Kathmandu | isbn = 9789993325857 }}<br />
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