Abhiman Singh Basnet
Abhiman Singh Basnet/Basnyat (Nepali: अभिमान सिंह बस्न्यात) was first Commander-in-Chief of Unified Nepal. Abhiman Singh became the first Commander in Chief of a United Nepal after General Kalu Pande died during his second attempt to capture Kirtipur.
Sri Mulkaji Sahib Abhiman Singh Basnyat | |
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| श्री मूलकाजी साहेब अभिमान सिंह बस्न्यात | |
Portrait of Mulkaji Abhiman Singh Basnyat | |
| Mul (Chief) Kaji of Nepal | |
| In office 1785–1794 | |
| Preceded by | Vamsharaj Pande |
| Succeeded by | Kirtiman Singh Basnyat |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1744 AD (1801 B.S.) Gorkha, kingdom of Nepal |
| Died | 1800 AD (1857 B.S.) (Kaala Banzaar Limbuwan) Present day Sunsari Nepal |
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| Relatives | Naahar Singh Basnyat (brother) Kehar Singh Basnyat (brother) Dhokal Singh Basnyat (brother) Kirtiman Singh Basnyat (nephew) Bakhtawar Singh Basnyat (nephew) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Nepal |
| Rank | General |
| Battles/wars | Sino-Nepalese War |
He had participated in invasion of Makawanpur during Unification of Nepal. He commanded battles in Sino-Nepalese War as subordinate commander under Chautariya Shree Krishna Shah. He commanded and annexed Tanahun Kingdom into unified Nepal.
In 1794 AD, King Rana Bahadur Shah dissolved government to overthrow Bahadur Shah of Nepal. Kirtiman was appointed as Chief (Mul) Kaji among the four Kajis succeeding Abhiman Singh. In 1857 B.S., he was sent to settle the area of the Kirata regional areas comprising; Pallo Kirant Limbuwan, Majh Kirant Khambuwan and Wallo Kirant, then called Kaala Banzaar. It was a great injustice to him to being sent to this area at such age when he was already a Mulkaji. Abhiman Singh died at the age of fifty-six in 1857. He was reported to have died from a fever, possibly malaria.