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====Battle of Nuwakot====
[[File:Bamshidhar Kalu Pande.jpg|thumb|''[[Kaji (Nepal)|Kaji]]'' [[Kalu Pande|Vamshidhar "Kalu" Pande]] of the [[Pande dynasty]]; ''[[Kaji (Nepal)|Kaji]]'' (equivalent to Prime Minister) of Gorkha; Commander of Gorkhali forces at victorious battle of Nuwakot]]
The first battle by Gorkhali forces united under King Prithvi Narayan Shah was the [[Battle of Nuwakot]]. The first army commander was ''Kaji'' Kalu Pande of the Pande noble family of Gorkha and [[Jayant Rana|Jayant Rana Magar]] (former [[Kaji (Nepal)|Kaji]] of Gorkha) was appointed General by King of Kantiur [[Jaya Prakash Malla]] to defend Nuwakot against Gorkha. Pande put up tactics to attack Nuwakot, a strategic fort of [[Malla (Kathmandu Valley)|Malla king of Kathmandu]], from multiple sides by surprise. On 26 September 1744, Pande with a contingent of soldiers climbed from the northern side of Nuwakot city at Mahamandal. He led the surprise attack with a Gorkhali war cry of ''"Jai [[Kali]], Jai [[Gorakhnath]], Jai [[Manakamana Temple|Manakamana]]"''.{{sfn|Hamal|1995|p=98}} The panicked soldiers of Nuwakot under commander Shankha Mani Rana Magar (son of [[Jayant Rana|Jayant Rana Magar]]) tried to defend but lost after their commander was killed by the 13-year-old [[Dal Mardan Shah|Prince Dal Mardan Shah]], brother of the king.<ref name="nepalarmy">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nepalarmy.mil.np/page/history |title=Nepali Army &#124; नेपाली सेना |access-date=20 November 2018 |archive-date=31 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831031104/https://www.nepalarmy.mil.np/page/history |url-status=live }}</ref> The second contingent of Gorkhali forces led by ''Chautariya'' [[Mahoddam Kirti Shah]] (also a brother of the king) passed Dharampani and faced strong tussle but ultimately won over the defenders.<ref name="nepalarmy"/> The third part of the forces, led by the king himself, advanced to the fort of Nuwakotgadhi after the capture of Mahamandal. The soldiers panicked by death of their commander fled to Belkot ([[Jayant Rana|Jayant Rana Magar]] second fort) from the Nuwakot fort and Nuwakot was annexed by Gorkha.<ref name="nepalarmy"/>