Shiva Narayan Khatri was the Kaji of the Kingdom of Nepal and a military commander in the unification of Nepal during the 18th century.Regmi Research Series. Cornell University: Himalayan Studies. Year 1975. Available at:https://ecommons.cornell.edu/entities/publication/ae5c1897-b7fd-4590-bcb0-c7d3fb146f90
He was the military commander under Prince regent Bahadur Shah during whose reign the kingdom of Nepal expanded west upto Garhwal and Kumaon regions, now part of India.Husian, A. 1970. British India's Relation with the Kingdom of Nepal, 1857-1947. Volume 8. Routledge Library Edition. Available at: https://api.pageplace.de/preview/DT0400.9781000855494_A45363410/preview-9781000855494_A45363410.pdf
Annexation of Kirat Region King Prithvi Narayan Shah, after facing heavy losses from Kirat fighters in the Kirat region, sent military enforcements under the command of Khatri. After a battle of five months, the Gorkha troops occupied the whole of Kirat region, then known as Majhkirat.Regmi Research Series. Cornell University: Himalayan Studies. Year 1973. Page 83. PDF Available at: https://d1i1jdw69xsqx0.cloudfront.net/digitalhimalaya/collections/journals/regmi/pdf/Regmi_05.pdf Cornell University Library: https://hdl.handle.net/1813/57334
Annexation of Mustang and Jumla Kaji Shiva Narayan Khatri led the Gorkhali army and seized the Himalayan Kingdom of Mustang which accepted Nepal's suzerainty. Khatri then led the troops via mukstishetra and defeated the kingdom of Jumla, considered the most difficult of the western frontiers, in 1789 AD. The king of Jumla fled to Tibet after the defeat, paving the way for western unification of Nepal.Regmi Research Series. Cornell University: Himalayan Studies. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/1813/57333 Manandhar, K.& Rathaur, K. 2022. Glorious Past of Nepal Army: Historical Instances of Confrontation with Foreign Forces. Publication Division of Jangi Adda, Bhadrakali.
Annexation of Gulmi After maintaining matrimonial relation with Palpa, Bahadur Shah sent Kaji Shiva Narayan Khatri, Kaji Jiva Shah and Sardar Amar Singh Thapa to annex Gulmi. The king of Gulmi fled and Gulmi was annexed into the Kingdom of Nepal.Regmi Research Series. Cornell University: Himalayan Studies. Year 1970. Page 289. PDF Available at: https://d1i1jdw69xsqx0.cloudfront.net/digitalhimalaya/collections/journals/regmi/pdf/Regmi_02.pdf Cornell University Library: https://hdl.handle.net/1813/57331
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