Chandrabhan Khatri was a governor (or Sardar) of the Gorkha kingdom and Kingdom of Nepal in the 18-19th century.Kings and Political Leaders of Gorkhali Empire. Regmi Research Series. M.C. Regmi, 1995. Page 73 (Appendix). Orient Longman Limited. Available at: https://endconflict.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2014-01-15-mahesh_c_regmi_kings-and-political-leaders-of-the-gorkhali-empire.pdf
Unification of Nepal In 1805, Sardar Khatri was a leader of the army along with Kaji Amar Singh Thapa in the western front war of the unification of Nepal. Khatri was sent to the western front of the kingdom with a royal order and a royal sword to Amar Singh Thapa that instructed him to "keep the royal sword which had been in the king's waist for a few days after ritual consecration" and to remain "ritually pure as long as the royal sword is in your waist, keep it there at the time when there is fighting and victory will be assured". Regmi, M. Regmi Research Series. Vol 21, No. 5. Year 1989. Page 70. Cornell University Library: https://hdl.handle.net/1813/57350 Regmi, M. Regmi Research Series. Vol 21, No. 4. Year 1989. Page 50. The Royal Sword. Cornell University Library: https://hdl.handle.net/1813/57350
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