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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Battle fought in Nepal in 1744}}<br />
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| date = 1744<br />
| place = Belkot<br />
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| result = Gorkhali victory<br />
*Belkot force ceded Belkot<br />
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| combatant1 = [[Gorkha Kingdom]]<br />
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| commander1 = [[Prithvi Narayan Shah]]<br />
| commander2 = [[Jayant Rana]]<br />
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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]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Basnyat|first=Prem Singh|date=11 January 2021|title=The great king who gave us Nepal|url=http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/102981/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128120315/https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/the-great-king-who-gave-us-nepal/?categoryId=opinion|archive-date=28 January 2021|access-date=28 January 2021|website=My Republica|language=en}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dangol|first=Sanu Bhai|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bXtuAAAAMAAJ|title=The Palace in Nepalese Politics: With Special Reference to the Politics of 1951 to 1990|date=1999|publisher=Ratna Pustak Bhandar|isbn=|location=|pages=8|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Khand|first=Jitendra Dhoj|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g-FQAQAAIAAJ|title=Strategic Thought|date=2005|publisher=Aarati, Prapti, Ajeeta Khand|isbn=978-99946-57-64-3|location=|pages=197|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Battles of the Unification of Nepal]]<br />
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[[Category:1744 in Nepal]]<br />
[[Category:History of Bagmati Province|B]]<br />
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