Nain Singh Thapa | |
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| जनरल काजी नैनसिंह थापा | |
 Portrait of Thapa Kaji Nain Singh | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. AD 1777 Borlang,Gorkha district |
| Died | 1728Saka Era (1806/07 AD) Kangra Fort,Garhwal Kingdom |
| Children | Mathabar Singh Thapa,Queen Tripurasundari of Nepal,Ujir Singh Thapa, Ganesh Kumari (mother ofJung Bahadur Rana) |
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| Relatives | Bhimsen Thapa (brother) Ranajit Pande (father-in-law) Balbhadra Kunwar (nephew) Jang Bahadur Rana (grandson) |
| Residence | Thapathali Durbar |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Nepal |
| Rank | General |
| Battles/wars | Battles of Unification of Nepal |
Nain Singh Thapa orNayan Singh Thapa (Nepali:नैनसिंह थापा/नयनसिंह थापा) (died late 1806 or early 1807) was a NepaleseKaji (minister) and a military general. He died in the offensive campaign of Kangra from bullet injury. He was the owner of theThapathali Durbar temple complex.
He was aKaji andGeneral of Nepal Army.[1] A royal order was decreed on Ashwin Sudi 2, 1862V.S. (September 1805), for the preparations of the Kangra campaign.[2] In September 1805, while being deputed atKangra Fort, his brother MukhtiyarBhimsen Thapa ordered him to arrest military deserters.[3]Gorkhali forces under BadakajiAmar Singh Thapa, Rudrabir [Shah] and Nain Singh overran Nalagarh and crossedSutlej river.[4] They fought against and defeated KingSansar Chand at Mahal Mori in May 1806.[4][5] Sansar Chand fled toKangra fort[5] after taking refuge at Sujanpur Tira.[4] Widow of Kirti Chand, Commander of Kangra Army and Nain Singh, the Nepalese commander led the battle at Tira Sujanpur.[6] The Gorkhali invasion became persistent and irresistible.[5] On SaturdayV.S. 1863 Kartik Badi 13 (i.e. 8 November 1806), there was a letter which positionedBhakti Thapa under the joint authority of BadakajiAmar Singh Thapa and Nain Singh.[7] Nain Singh came with a reinforcement of 1500 men along withSardar Udatta Shahi leading 3 companies whileSubba Ranganath Gurung and Prahlad Gurung had led 4 companies.[8] Nain Singh and Amar Singh were entrusted with the main Nain Singh fought at Kangra fort and was mortally wounded from which he died[9][10] in the winter of 1806/1807.[11] TheBhasavamshawali also states the death of Nain Singh on 1728Saka Era i.e. (1806/7) A.D.[7] The event was sketched by 19th-century Garhwali poet and painterMola Ram. In an 1852 interview,Jang Bahadur Rana mentioned the death of his maternal grandfather Nain Singh at Kangra.[11]
He was born as second son to SanukajiAmar Singh Thapa.[12] Nayan Singh Thapa had 4 brothers –Bhimsen Thapa, Bhaktawar Singh, Amrit Singh andRanbir Singh and two step-brothers – Ranzawar and Ranbam.[12] He was father ofMathabarsingh Thapa,Queen Tripurasundari of Nepal and grandfather ofJung Bahadur Rana.[13] He was the son-in-law of Chief KaziRanajit Pande of noblePande family and father-in-law of KaziBal Narsingh Kunwar of the nobleKunwar Rana family.[14]Kumar Pradhan asserts that Sher Jung Thapa was son of Nain Singh Thapa, whom Bhimsen adopted[12] whileBaburam Acharya contradicts that Sher Jung Thapa was nephew ofMathabarsingh Thapa and was sixteen years old in April 1835.[15]
| Nain Singh Thapa | Rana Kumari Pande | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ganesh Kumari* | Queen Tripurasundari of Nepal (born 1794) | Ujir Singh Thapa (born 1796) | Mathabarsingh Thapa (born 1798) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ranojjwal Singh Thapa | Bikram Singh Thapa | Amar Singh Thapa II | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
He was the owner ofThapathali Durbar.