when was prithvi narayan shah died
title / office. Prithvi NÄrÄyaá¹ Shah, (born 1723?âdied 1775), member of the ruling Shah family of the Gurkha (Gorkha) principality, Nepal, who conquered the three Malla kingdoms of KÄthmÄndu, PÄtan, and BhÄdgaon in 1769 and consolidated them to found the modern state of Nepal. He also established the capital of Nepal at KÄthmÄndu.