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Bhimsen Thapa

1775 - 1839

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Bhimsen Thapa (Nepali: भीमसेन थापा (August 1775 – 29 July 1839)) was a Nepalese statesman who served as the Mukhtiyar (equivalent to prime minister) and de facto ruler of Nepal from 1806 to 1837. He is widely known as the longest-serving prime minister of Nepal and was inducted into the "National heroes of Nepal" by King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah. Born into an ordinary military family in the Gorkha Kingdom, Bhimsen first came close to the Crown Prince Rana Bahadur Shah at an early age in 1785. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bhimsen Thapa has received more than 373,544 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Bhimsen Thapa is the 12,947th most popular politician (down from 12,599th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Nepal (down from 24th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Nepalese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bhimsen Thapa ranks 12,947 out of 15,577. Before him are Juan N. Méndez, Jenő Fock, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Carl Swartz, and Igor Sechin. After him are José Figueroa Alcorta, Liao Zhongkai, Liutperga, Manny Mori, Marina Silva, and Kikkia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1775, Bhimsen Thapa ranks 40. Before him are Honoré Charles Reille, Conrad Malte-Brun, Antonio Bertoloni, Juan Martín Díez, Adolf Stieler, and Thomas Girtin. After him are William Thompson, Walter Savage Landor, Anna Harrison, Muthuswami Dikshitar, Carlo Porta, and Francisco Ramón Vicuña. Among people deceased in 1839, Bhimsen Thapa ranks 36. Before him are Adolphe Nourrit, Joseph-François Michaud, José María Heredia y Heredia, Marie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel, Benjamin Morrell, and Hendrik Voogd. After him are Joseph Franz von Jacquin, Alexander Odoevsky, William Beechey, Allan Cunningham, and Thomas Bibb.

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In Nepal

Among people born in Nepal, Bhimsen Thapa ranks 26 out of 55. Before him are Sher Bahadur Deuba (1946), Mahendra of Nepal (1920), Suman Pokhrel (1967), Tribhuvan of Nepal (1906), Jung Bahadur Rana (1817), and Pushpa Kamal Dahal (1954). After him are Sushil Koirala (1939), Ang Rita (1948), Araniko (1244), Apa Sherpa (1960), Dipendra of Nepal (1971), and KP Sharma Oli (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nepal

Among politicians born in Nepal, Bhimsen Thapa ranks 14. Before him are Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (1980), Sher Bahadur Deuba (1946), Mahendra of Nepal (1920), Tribhuvan of Nepal (1906), Jung Bahadur Rana (1817), and Pushpa Kamal Dahal (1954). After him are Sushil Koirala (1939), Dipendra of Nepal (1971), KP Sharma Oli (1952), Jhala Nath Khanal (1950), Rana Bahadur Shah (1775), and Man Mohan Adhikari (1920).

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