Pratap Singh Shah

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Pratap Singh Shah
King of Nepal

Reign	11 January 1775 – 17 November 1777
Coronation	12 January 1775^[1]
Born	16 April 1751
Birthplace	Gorkha, Nepal
Died	17 November 1777 (aged 26)
Place of death	Kathmandu, Nepal
Predecessor	Prithvi Narayan Shah
Successor	Rana Bahadur Shah
Consort to	Rajendra Rajya Laxmi Devi Maiju Rani Maneshvari Devi Rani Bhitryani Devi
Royal House	Shah dynasty
Father	Prithvi Narayan Shah
Mother	Narendra Rajya Laxmi Devi
Religious beliefs	Hinduism

Pratap Singh Shah, King of Nepal (1751–1777)^[2] was the second King of Nepal. He was the eldest son of Prithvi Narayan Shah, the king who first unified Nepal. He became King at the age of 24 in 1775. Pratap Singha Shah rules only upto 1777 for 36 months and died of natural causes at the age of 26. He was succeeded by his two-year-old son Rana Bahadur Shah.As king he did not actively participate in the unification campaign led by his father, and the boundaries of Nepal kept extending as his brother Prince Bahadur Shah continued the unification campaign durin his reign. He was more involved in the Royal luxuries rather than the unification campeign.

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Regnal titles
Pratap Singh Shah Shah dynasty Born: 16 April 1751 Died: 17 November 1777
Preceded by Prithvi Narayan Shah	King of Nepal 1775–1777	Succeeded by Rana Bahadur Shah

v t e Heads of State of Nepal

Kings	Prithvi Narayan Shah Pratap Singh Shah Rana Bahadur Shah Girvan Yudha Bikram Shah Rajendra Bikram Shah Surendra Bikram Shah Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah

Presidents	Girija Prasad Koirala (Acting) Ram Baran Yadav

*Acting Head of State

Persondata
Name	Pratap Singh Shah
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Date of birth	1751
Place of birth
Date of death	1777
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