| Pratap Singh Shah | |||||
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| King of Nepal | |||||
| Reign | 11 January 1775 – 17 November 1777 | ||||
| Coronation | 12 January 1775[citation needed] | ||||
| Predecessor | Prithvi Narayan Shah | ||||
| Successor | Rana Bahadur Shah | ||||
| Born | 16 April 1751 Gorkha, Nepal | ||||
| Died | 17 November 1777 (aged 26) (tuberculosis) Kathmandu, Nepal | ||||
| Spouse | Rajendra Rajya Lakshmi Devi | ||||
| Issue | Nagendra Shah (died young) Rana Bahadur Shah Bidur Bahadur Shah Sher Bahadur Shah | ||||
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| Dynasty | Shah | ||||
| Father | Prithvi Narayan Shah | ||||
| Mother | Narendra Rajya Lakshmi Devi | ||||
| Religion | Hinduism | ||||
Pratap Singh Shah, King of Nepal (Nepali: श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज प्रतापसिंह शाह देव; 1751–1777)[1] was the second King of modern Nepal. He was the eldest son of Prithvi Narayan Shah, the king who started the unification of the Nepal.
He became King at the age of 24 in 1775. Pratap Singh Shah ruled only up to 1777 for 36 months, and died of smallpox at the age of 26. He was succeeded by his two-year-old son Rana Bahadur Shah. He did not actively participate in the unification campaign led by his father. The boundaries of Nepal continued to extend after his reign, as his wife Rajendra Laxmi and his brother Prince Bahadur Shah continued the unification campaign as regents of his son Ranabahadur Shah.
