Jayant Rana

Kaji

Jayant Rana
Native name
जयन्त राना
Birth nameJayant Rana Magar
Born
Gorkha Kingdom
(present day Gorkha, Nepal)
Died1744 (1745)
Belkot
(present day Nuwakot District)
AllegianceGorkha Kingdom
Kingdom of Kantipur
Service yearsc. 1736 – 1744
RankKaji
ConflictsBattle of Nuwakot (1736)
Battle of Nuwakot (1743)
Battle of Nuwakot (1744)
Battle of Belkot (1744) †
SpouseUnknown
ChildrenSankhamani Rana

Kaji Jayant Rana Magar was a Gorkhali general of the Gorkha Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Kantipur who commanded one battle for Gorkha, and two battles for Kantipur against the invasion of Nuwakot. He died in 1744 after ordering to be skinned alive by Prithvi Narayan Shah, first King of Nepal.

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