Pratap Singh Shah

Pratap Singh Shah, King of Nepal (Nepali: प्रतापसिंह शाह) (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.

Pratap Singh Shah
King of Nepal
Reign	11 January 1775 – 17 November 1777
Coronation	12 January 1775
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 Maiju Rani Maneshvari Devi Rani Bhitryani Devi
Issue	Nagendra Shah (died young) Rana Bahadur Shah Bidur Bahadur Shah Sher Bahadur Shah
Dynasty	House of Shah
Father	Prithvi Narayan Shah
Mother	Narendra Rajya Lakshmi Devi
Religion	Hinduism

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. He was more involved in the Royal luxuries rather than the unification campaign.