 Nuwakot would afterwards serve as one of the key staging grounds for the eventual conquest of all three Malla kingdoms in the Kathmandu Valley (Kathmandu, Patan, Bhadgaon), which fell between 1768 and 1769 to Prithvi Narayan Shah.Nuwakot has featured in several prominent moments of Nepali history.Chinese forces under General Fu-k'ang-an nearly captured Nuwakot during the Nepal-China conflict in 1792.