Battle of Belkot
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Date1744
Location
Belkot
Result
Gorkhali victory
Territorial
changes Belkot force ceded Belkot
changes Belkot force ceded Belkot
| Battle of Belkot | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Unification of Nepal | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Gorkha Kingdom | Kingdom of Belkot | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Prithvi Narayan Shah | Jayant Rana | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| More than 60 Gorkhali soldier dead | |||||||||
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 Magar was captured and flayed alive after ordering to be skinned alive by Prithvi Narayan Shah, first King of Nepal.[2][3]
