Unification of nepal class 8

 Very short answer questions:

1. What were the kingdoms of Kathmandu Valley before unification?
Kathmandu valley itself was divided into Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur before unification.

2. How did British enter India?
They had invaded India in the pretext of business but started to capture it slowly.

3. Why did Prithvi Narayan Shah appoint Kalu Pande as his Kaji instead of Viraj Bakhati?
Prithvi Narayan Shah appoint Kalu Pande as his Kaji instead of Viraj Bakhati because of his popularity among peoples.

4. When did Prithvi Narayan Shah get victory over Makawanpur? Write in full date.
Prithvi Narayan Shah got victory over Makawanpur on 9th bhadra 1819 BS.

5. Why is 5th Shrawan 1831 BS important in the history of Nepal?
5th Shrawan 1831 BS  is important in the history of Nepal because in this day Gorkhalis troop got Victory over Bijaypur and extension of the border of Nepal to river Tista in the east

Short answer questions

1. What was the condition ot the kingdoms before the unification of Nepal?
Before unification there was a lot of power struggle between the small rulling kingdoms of Nepal. There was a lack of feeling of patriotism and support. Nepal was divided into small kingdoms like Baise, Chaubise, malla, Sen, etc which had made the country vulnerable to the foreign attacks especially from the British rule,Who were already capthuring India.
The British from the southern side were looking for an opportunity to enter Nepal with the intention of capturing it.

2. List the important events of the unification.
Date (BS)

Events

15th Asoj 1801
Victory over Nuwakot by killing Shankha Mani Rana, the SOn of Jayanta Rana

9th Bhadra 1819 Victory over Makwanpur, Digbandan Sen fled to Hariharpur
22 Asoj 1819 Gorkhali troops capturcd Hariharpur and Digbandan Sen surrendered
3 Chaitra 1822 | Victory over Kirtipur

24h Asoj 1824

Gorkhali troops defeatcd the English troops very badly led by capt. Kinlock at Sindhuli and captured 500 guns of the English troops

13th Asoj 1825 Victory over Kathmandu, while the people of Kantipur were celcbrating Indra Jatra

24th Asoj 1825
Victory over Patan as Tej Narsingha Malla surrendered to Gorkha


1 Mangshir 1826 Victory over Bhaklapur when Ranjit Malla surrendered before Gorkhali troops

4th Shrawan 1830 Victory over Chaudandi, the Sen kingdom of castern Nepal

5th Shrawan 1831 Victory over Bijaypur and extension of the border of Nepal to river Tista in the cast

3"Prithvi Narayan Shah was an expert and far sighted politician and a Successful administrator." Explain.
Prithvi Narayan Shah was an expert and far sighted politician and a Successful administrator because he had already known about the plan of British of conquering nepal so he was already prepared in advance and had started unification campaign. He knew it is impossible for a small kingdoms to stop British so we need a large soldiers and expert then he go for unification of a single nepal. First he spread his own small kingdom from Gorkha to Tista in the east and set the roots for geographical unification. He respected the culture
and tradition of each place equally and set the root for cultural unification also unified the sentiments of the people and gained their favor.