What is Bhakti Thapa?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[Sardar]] | name = Bhakti Thapa Chhetri | native_name = सरदार <br />भक्ति थापा क्षेत्री | image = Bhakti Thapa.jpg | caption = Portrait of Sardar Bhakti Thapa Chhetri in his 70s | title = Grand Old Man of Deothal | battles = [[Anglo-Nepalese war]] | children = Ram Das Thapa Chhetri | birth_date = 1741 | birth_place = [[Lamjung District]], [[Nepal]] | death_date = 1815<br />(aged 74) | death_place = Deuthal, [[Garhwal Division]], [[Kingdom of Nepal]] (present day [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]]) }} '''Bhakti Thapa Chhetri''' (Nepali: ; born Lamjung, Nepal 1741 A.D.- 1815 A.D.) was a Nepalese military general and governor in the Kingdom of Nepal. He first worked for the Kingdom of Lamjung.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.khabarhub.com/2021/04/194776/|title=Three must-know facts about Bhakti Thapa, the new Nepali luminary}}</ref> He is regarded as one of Nepal's national heroes. Thapa, who served as the Sardar (commander) of the Lamjung state, battled Gorkhali in the conflict on behalf of Lamjung King Kehari Narayan. Following Lamjung's defeat in the conflict with the [[Gorkhali ]](Nepali) army, he was taken prisoner of war and sent to Kathmandu. Later, he was chosen to serve in the Nepali army as a sirdar (one of the sirdars).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/bhakti-thapas-bust-unveiled-in-lamjung|title=You are being redirected...|website=thehimalayantimes.com}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:1741 births]] [[Category:1815 deaths]] [[Category:Nepalese military people]] [[Category:Generals]]