Prithvi Narayan Shah, King of Nepal the first king of House of Shahs to rule Nepal. He is credited for starting the campaign for unified Nepal, which had been divided and weakened under Malla confederacy. He was the ninth generation descendant of Dravya Shah (1559–1570), the founder of the ruling house of Gorkha. Prithvi Narayan Shah succeeded his father King Nara Bhupal Shah to the throne of Gorkha in 1743.
His mother was Kaushalyawati Shah but he was cared by his first mother Chandra Prabhavati. He started taking general concern with the affairs of the state because his father spent most of his time in the prayer room. He had a great dream to won over Nuwakot. His first mother was his perfection against his loyalty towards the unification of modern Nepal. Walking around Gorkha and talking to people about the general concerns of the palace was his likeness and this helped him to understand the needs of the citizens of Gorkha.
King Prithvi Narayan Shah's successful entry began with the union of Nuwakot, which lies between Kathmandu and Gorkha District, in 1744. After Nuwakot, he took possession of strategic points in the hills surrounding the Kathmandu Valley. The valley's communications with the outside world were thus cut off. The occupation of the Kuti Pass in about 1756 stopped the valley's trade with Tibet. To stop the trade between the Newar people living in the Kathmandu Valley and the Muslim Mogul empire in India was a requirement King Prithvi Narayan Shah had to fulfill in order to receive advice and weapons from the British.
After two humiliating defeats, King Prithvi Narayan Shah conquered Kirtipur on his third attempt. He ordered that all the male inhabitants of Kirtipur, except children at the breast, were to have their noses and lips cut off. The weight of the noses and lips that were brought to him amounted to no less than eighty pounds. Father Giuseppe, who was present at the time records the horror with which he saw so many living men whose faces resembled
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