Nara Bhupal Shah

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{{Infobox Monarch

|name = Narabhupal Shah
नरभूपाल शाह

|image = Nara Bhupal Shah.jpg

|caption = Posthumous painting of Nara Bhupal Shah

|succession = King of Gorkha

|predecessor = Prithvipati Shah

|successor = Prithvi Narayan Shah

|house = Shah dynasty

|house-type = Dynasty

|father = Birbhadra Shah

|mother = Malikavati Devi

|issue = Prithvi Narayan, King of Gorkha and Nepal
Brindakeshar Shah
Dal Mardan, King of Patan
Mahoddam Kirti Shah
Surapratap Shah
Daljit Shah

|religion = Hinduism

|birth_date = circa 1697

|death_date = 3 April 1743{{cn|date=August 2020}}

|reign = 1716 – 3 April 1743

|spouse = Chandraprabhawati Devi
Kaushalyavati Devi
Buddhimati Subhadramati{{cn|date=January 2021}}

|coronation = 1716

|birth_place = Gorkha Darbar, Gorkha Kingdom, Nepal

|death_place = Nepal

}}

Nara Bhupal Shah ({{langx|ne|नरभूपाल शाह}}; 1697–1743) was a king of the Gorkha Kingdom, which lies in modern day Nepal; and the father of Prithvi Narayan Shah. Nara Bhupal Shah was the son of Birbhadra Shah, the grandson of Prithvipati Shah. He was the king of the Gorkha state in Nepal. He unsuccessfully tried to extend his kingdom by capturing Nuwakot.{{cn|date=December 2023}}

After his death, his eldest son, Prithvi Narayan Shah,{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_MwDEAAAQBAJ&dq=Nara+Bhupal+Shah+king&pg=PT104 | isbn=978-1-64805-981-0 | title=Sons of Sikkim: The Rise and Fall of the Namgyal Dynasty of Sikkim | date=20 October 2020 | publisher=Notion Press }} annexed Nuwakot and even the Kathmandu Valley, in his conquest of a unified Nepal.{{cn|date=December 2023}}

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{{succession box | before = Prithvipati Shah | title = King of Gorkha | years=1716–1743 | after = Prithvi Narayan Shah }}

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