Editing Kingdom of Nepal (section)

====Thapa Regime====
{{main|Thapa dynasty}}
[[File:Bhimsen Thapa of Nepal (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|''Mukhtiyar'' [[Bhimsen Thapa]], founder of Khas [[Thapa dynasty]]]]
Thapa courtiers, who were Kshatriya, rose to power when the King Rana Bahadur Shah was murdered by his half brother Sher Bahadur Shah in 1806.<ref name="Pradhan">{{Cite book | 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 }}</ref> [[Bhimsen Thapa]] (1775–1839), the leading [[Thapa Kaji]], taking opportunity of the occasion massacred nearly 55 military and civil officers and catapulting the Thapas into the power.<ref name="Pradhan"/> He took the title of ''Mukhtiyar'' succeeding Rana Bahadur as the chief authority and his niece [[Queen Tripurasundari of Nepal|Queen Tripurasundari]] as Queen Regent of junior [[Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah|King Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>