Bhakti Thapa

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Bhakti Thapa (born in Lamjung, Nepal) is a National hero of Nepal.

He was a patriot involved in the Anglo-Nepalese War. His most important contribution in the war was at the western front of Deothal. Though he was at least in his seventies, he led an early-morning counterattack on British forces at Deothal, though greatly outnumbered. He was ultimately killed by British shelling while trying to revert a British cannon onto British forces. His corpse was returned with full military honour by the British.

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• "British-Nepal Relation And Bhakti Thapa" by Mrs. Laxmi Thapa et al., Nepalnews.com, December 26, 2004, retrieved February 8, 2006