After centuries of petty rivalary between the three kingdoms, in the mid 18th century ,Prithvi naryan shah , gorkha king, set out ot unify the kingdom. Seeking arms and aid from India, and buying the neutrality of bordering Indian kingdoms, he embarked on his mission in 1765 . After several bloody battles and sieges, he managed to unify the kathmandu valley and surroungding the territory three years later in 1768. How ever , and actual battle never took place to conquer the kathmandu valley; it was taken over prithvi naryan and his troops without any effort during the indra jatra, a festival of Newars, when all the valleys's citizen were celebrating the festival. This event marked the birth of the modern nation of Nepal.
In 1788 the Nepalese overran Sikkim and sent a punitive raid into Tibet , Kangra in northern India was aslo occupied by the Nepalese. In 1809, Ranjit singh the ruler of sikh state in the Punjab, had intervened and drove the Nepalese army east of Satluj river.
In 1788 the Nepalese overran Sikkim and sent a punitive raid into Tibet , Kangra in northern India was aslo occupied by the Nepalese. In 1809, Ranjit singh the ruler of sikh state in the Punjab, had intervened and drove the Nepalese army east of Satluj river.
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