Ram Shah

King Ram Shah
राजा राम शाह
King of Gorkha Kingdom
Svast Sri Giriraj Chakra Chudamani Narayanyetyadi Vividha Virudhavali Virajman Mannonata
Shrimant Maharajadhiraja
Reign 1609 – 1633
Coronation 1609[1]
Predecessor Chatra Shah
Successor Dambar Shah
Born Nepal
Died 1636
Gorkha, Gorkha Kingdom, Nepal
Issue Dambar Shah
Dynasty Shah dynasty
Father Purna Shah
Religion Hinduism

Ram Shah (c.1606–1641) was the King of Gorkha in Nepal. He was the father of Dambar Shah and brother of Chatra Shah. He was one of the great rulers and reformers of Gorkha. He was well known for his social, economic, judicial and administrative reforms. He introduced a standard system of measurement, fixed rate of courts, developed trade with neighboring kingdoms, carried religious reforms and so on. He was a learned king and a respected scholars known as a "just and fair ruler" across the mid-hill areas around Gorkha.[2] There was a saying in his time, "If you are deprived of justice, go to Gorkha."[3]

Preceded by
Chatra Shah		 King of Gorkha
1606 - 1636		 Succeeded by
Dambar Shah

References

  1. ↑ Royal Ark
  2. ↑ Shaha, Rishikesh (1990). Modern Nepal: A Political History 1769-1885 (Vol I.) (1st ed.). Riverdale: The Riverdale Company. p. 24. ISBN 0-913215-64-3.
  3. ↑ "Nepal". Aadit Kumar Sah. Retrieved 3 October 2016.


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