Prime ministers of Nepal before Bhimsen Thapa
The Unexplored Part of History Nepal as a country existed long before 1768 A.D when King Prithivi Narayan Shah of Gorkha led the unification campaign. There has been mentions about Nepal even in various ancient Tibetan scriptures and also in "Arthasastra" of Kautilya which is more 5000 years old. There are also mentions in a Sanskrit inscription of 512 CE found in Tistung, around west of Kathmandu Valley. But in public way we consider existence of Nepal after unification of Kantipur (now Kathmandu) into Gorkha empire in 25th September 1768 A.D. For those who must be wondering why Nepal got its official existence from 1768 AD but Bhimsen Thapa who became prime minister in 1806 A.D is considered as the first prime minister and none before that. There are many people in Nepali history who have served in capacity of Prime minister even before Bhimsen Thapa. Prime minister or " Pradhan Mantri " in Nepali history were known with different names. For example earlier P...