Conflict: | Battle of Belkot |
Partof: | the Unification of Nepal |
Date: | 1744 |
Place: | Belkot |
Result: | Gorkhali victory |
Territory: | Belkot force ceded Belkot |
Combatant1: | Gorkha Kingdom |
Combatant2: | Kingdom of Belkot |
Commander1: | Prithvi Narayan Shah |
Commander2: | Jayant Rana |
Casualties1: | More than 60 Gorkhali soldier dead |
Battle of Belkot was fought in Belkot fort in 1744 a few days after the Battle of Nuwakot, part of the Unification of Nepal.[1] It resulted in a Gorkhali victory, and the commander Jayant Rana Magar was captured and flayed alive after ordering to be skinned alive by Prithvi Narayan Shah, first King of Nepal.[2] [3]