on 13th ashwin 1825 b.s. (26th september 1768), the gorkhali forces commanded by vamsharaj pande, surapratap shah and tularam pande attacked kathmandu and captured the royal palace in the night. they attacked from three points on its perimeter—bhimsensthan, naradevi and tundikhel. at bhimsensthan, newar women stood at the windows of their houses and poured buckets of water laced with chili powder on the gorkhali soldiers below. the men engaged the attackers in the street. after a brief battle, jaya prakash malla realized that he had been betrayed by the nobles, and that kathmandu was lost. he then fled to lalitpur with his trusted troops. the number of mortality on both sides was 20-25. the inhabitants of kathmandu awoke the next morning only find that prithvi narayan shah had become their king. a stream of people carrying presents went to the royal palace to great their new king. guns were fired to celebrate the occasion. in the course of the gunfire, gunpowder suddenly ignited, and, as a result, tularam pande was killed. su