Bhakti Thapa (born in Lamjung, Nepal) is a National hero of Nepal. He was a patriot involved in the Anglo-Nepalese War.

His most important contribution in the war was at the western front of Deothal. Though he was at least in his seventies, he led an early-morning counterattack on numerically superior British forces. Bhakti Thapas great success in unification of Jumla made him a legendary figure. As a result, just two years after the unification of Jumla he was made the supreme commander of the whole Nepalese army stationed to the west of the capital in a vast region that stretched almost up to the Sutlez river (now India), and also administrator of this vast region. The way Bhakti Thapa laid down his life at the Deothal battle has become a legend in the Nepalese history.

Aniko or Anige (1245 - 1306 A.D.) was one of the key figures in the arts of Nepal, Tibet, and Yuan China, and the artistic exchanges in these areas. He was born in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, during the reign of Abhaya Malla. During the reign of Jaya Bhim Dev Malla, he was sent on a project to build a golden stupa in Tibet, where he also initiated into monkhood. From Tibet he was sent further to China to work in the court of the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan, the founder of Yuan dynasty (12791368), where he brought the trans-Himalayan artistic tradition to influence the Chinese art. Years later in China, he returned to laity and married a Mongol girl. He married seven other women from whom he had a total of 6 sons and 8 daughters. Due to some confusion in translation, his name is variously written as Arniko or Araniko in old texts. A mistake made by Baburam Acharya ascribed his Sanskrit name as Balabahu. However later he contends that Aniko might possibly be the Chinese pronunciation for Sanskrit name Aneka Amar Singh Thapa, also known as "Living lion of Nepal", was the General of the Nepalese forces of western front in the AngloNepalese War. He is regarded as one of the National heroes of Nepal. His major achievement was the attack on several western states of broken kingdom of nepal like Jumla, Doti, Kumaon, Garhwal, Dehradun, Srinagar and Kangra, as well the Palpa. Thapa served as the Nepalese care taker of the areas, until ousted by the British. He carried out small wars, especially with the King of Punjab, Ranjit Singh. He also engaged in defending the western fronts of Nahan, Chamba, Almora, Kangra, Saharanpur, Dehradun against his British counterpart, General David Ochterlony. Although he lost these areas to British, he is praised for his bravery by both Nepalese and British personalities.[who?] Thapa also built a temple of the goddess Ganga in the early 19th century. The town of Gangotri in Uttarakhand, India is centred around this temple. To this day, it is one of the four sites in the Char Dham pilgrimage circuit, the most important Hindu pilgrimage circuit the Indian Himalayas. After losing the war, Thapa voluntarily retired and died on a pilgrimage to Gosaikunda.
King Amshuverma Thakura was the Licchavi king of Nepal in the sixth century AD (605-629 AD) of the Thakuri dynasty. He was learned, bold and farsighted Thakuri emperor of Lichhavi period, he was also a lover of art, architecture and literature. He built Kailash Bhawan. He was a brave king, fought many battles and extended the territory of his kingdom far and wide. A close relationship between Nepal and

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Tibet was established. He is credited with opening trade routes to Tibet, though he is most famous for one of his daughters, Bhrikuti, who married a Tibetan ruler named Tsrong-tsong Gompo (King Srong Tsangampo / Srong btsan sGampo). She was instrumental in spreading Buddhism to Tibet. The Chinese Buddhist monk Xuanzang, who visited India during the 7th century, described Ashuvarm as a man of many talents.Buddhism was introduced to Tibet and Nepali pagoda structure became popular in Tibet. Then, Nepali art and architecture spread over the countries like China and Japan. An inscription by Ashuvarm dated to 607 at Tistung professes the importance of the "Aryan code of conduct" (i.e. the caste system). A great feat of architecture and engineering, the Kailashkut Bhawan, a grand palace whose remains are found near Hadigaun in Kathmandu, is said to have been built by this ruler.He also introduced the samvatvall system.Economically,Nepal was much developed during his time.His ruling period is known as the 'Golden Period' in the Histroy of Nepal. Bhimsen Thapa (Nepali: 1775 - July 28, 1839) was the Prime Minister of Nepal from 1806 to 1837. After his initial rise to power during the reign of Rana Bahadur, the immature age of Girvan Yuddha Shah and Rajendra Bikram Shah, coupled with the support from Rani Tripurasundari (the junior queen), who was also his niece, allowed him to continue to stay in power. During his prime ministership, the Gurkha empire had already reached its greatest expanse from Sutlej river in the west to the Teesta river in the east. Nepal entered into a disastrous Anglo-Nepalese War with the East India Company lasting from 181416, which was concluded with the Treaty of Sugauli, by which Nepal lost almost one-third of its land. The death of Queen Tripurasundari in 1832, his strongest supporter, and the adulthood of king Rajendra, weakened his hold on power. The conspiracies and infighting with rival courtiers finally led to his imprisonment and death by suicide.

The Nepali Princess Bhrikuti Devi, known to Tibetans as Bal-mo-bza' Khri-btsun, Bhelsa Tritsun ('Nepali consort')[1][2] or, simply, Khri bTsun ("Royal Lady"), is traditionally considered to have been the first wife of the earliest emperor of Tibet, Songtsn Gampo (605? - 650 CE), and an incarnation of Tara.[3] She was also known as "Besa",[4] and was a princess of the Licchavi kingdom of Nepal. Even though the historicity of Bhrikuti Devi is not certain, and no reference to her has been found among the documents discovered at Dunhuang, "there are increasing indications supporting this hypothesis."[5] There were certainly very close relationships between Tibet and Nepal at this period and, "Such a mythological interpretation discredits in no way the historical likelihood of such a marriage...." [6] Many Tibetan accounts make Bhrikuti the daughter of Amshuvarma (605-621 CE), co-ruler and successor of ivadeva I. If this is correct, the marriage to Songtsn Gampo must have taken place sometime before 624 CE.[7] Acharya Kirti Tulku Lobsang Tenzin, however, states that Songsten Gampo married Bhrkuti Devi, the daughter of king "Angsu Varma" or Amshuvarma (Tib: Waser Gocha) of Nepal in 632.

Balbhadra Kunwar (17?? c. 1822) is a National Hero of Nepal, freedom fighter, Captain, General, etc. Following the Anglo-Nepali War of 18141816 he became very famous. He was a Captain in the Royal Nepali Army (Gorkhali Army) and gained fame as the commander of the Gorkhali forces at the Battle of Nalapani, outside of Dheradun ( Before Nepal, present India) in 1814 during the Anglo-Nepalese War. Pasang Lhamu Sherpa (10 December 1961 22 April 1993) was the first Nepali woman to climb the summit of Mount Everest. She was born into a mountaineering family and was involved in climbing from her teens. She had successfully climbed Mont Blanc, Cho Oyu, and others. She had attempted Everest three times before, but did not succeed until April 22, 1993 when she reached the summit by the South Col via the Southeast Ridge route.

The morning of April 22, 1993, was bright and clear and remained and so till Pasang reached the top of the 8,848 m. peak with five Sherpas, Sonam Tshering Sherpa, Lhakpa Noru Sherpa, Pemba Dorje Sherpa and Dawa Tashi Sherpa. Meanwhile, a member of the team and five times Everest Sumitter, Sherpa Sonam Tshering got seriously sick at south summit and, despite Pasang Lhamu's efforts to help, did not survive his illness. While descending from the summit, tragedy struck the team. The weather, as often happens in the mountains, suddenly turned bad, causing her to lose her life on the south summit. She was fully aware of the peril, but that did not deter Pasang from getting to her goal, even if it meant sacrificing her life. Vladas Vitkauskas helped move her body down the mountain. For achieving what no other Nepalese woman had achieved before her, Pasang Lhamu was posthumously honored by her country in various ways. She was the very first woman to be decorated with the "Nepal Tara (Star)" by His Majesty the King. The National Youth Foundation conferred the 1993-94 Youth Excellence Award on her. Similarly, in order to commemorate her feat, a life-size statue of Pasang Lhamu was erected at Bouddha, Chuchepati; a postage stamp was issued in her name; the Government of Nepal renamed Jasamba Himal (7,315 m) in the Mahalangur Range as Pasang Lhamu Peak; the Ministry of Agriculture named a special strain of wheat as Pasang Lhamu wheat; the Pasang Lhamu Memorial Hall was established in Dhulabari of Jhapa district in east Nepal; and the 117- Km Trishuli-Dunche road was named the Pasang Lhamu Highway.

Shukra Raj Shastri (Devanagari: ) (born Shukra Raj Joshi) (1894-24 January 1941) was a Nepalese intellectual and fighter for democracy who became a martyr.[1] He was one of the four martyrs of the revolution that brought down the Rana dynasty in Nepal. The other three were Dashrath Chand, Dharma Bhakta Mathema and Ganga Lal Shrestha.[2][3] Shastri was also a social reformer and author who wrote a number of books in Nepali and Nepal Bhasa.

Bhanubhakta Acharya (1814 AD 1868 AD) The first poet of Nepal. He translated the great epic 'Ramayana' from Sanskrit to Nepali. Nepalese people cannot forget the day Ashar 29, "Bhanu jayanti"(July 13), the birthday of Bhanubhakta Acharya, who is also more popularly known as "Nepla ka Adikavi"(Nepal's original poet). "Adikavi" in reference to Bhannubhakta had first been used by Motiram Bhatta. While writing a biography of Bhanubhakta in 1981, Motiram described him as Adikavi, not because he was the first poet in Nepali. As Motiram himself recognized, there were many poets before Bhanubhakta. Instead, he argued that Bhanubhakta deserved the title because he was the first poet who wrote with an understanding of the "marma"(inner essence) of poetry. Bhanubhakta Acharya Bhanubhakta Bhanubhakta (1814-1868) was a Nepali poet who translated the great epic "Ramayana" from Sanskrit to Nepali. Born to a Brahmin family in 1814 in Tanahu, he received at home an excellent education with a strong leaning towards religion from his grandfather.