Lamjung was one of the Chaubise principalities. Wikipedia's Lamjung Durbar article describes it as the remaining part of the 16th-century palace (1494) of King Yahobrahma/Yashobrahma Shah of the Lamjung principality, which also acted as a fortification; it was nationalised on 23 August 2007 and featured on a Nepalese stamp in 2015. The Besishahar article records Gaunshahar as the birthplace of the Lamjung royal family in 1663 AD with Kalu Shah as the first king, and states that King Yesho Bramha Shah ruled the small Lamjung principality there. The Rainas article records Rainaskot as the major strategic fort of the then Lamjung State, and notes Bhakti Thapa, administrator of the Rainas region in the early 1800s, showed bravery in defending Nepal from British imperialism. Legend recorded in the Tinpiple article tells that Dudhpokhari, the symbolic lake of peace, played a vital role in stopping a fight between two brothers, the kings of Lamjung and Gorkha. The epicentre of the 25 April 2015 earthquake was near Lamjung (Barpak of Gorkha); only four deaths were reported in Lamjung but it was severely damaged — the villages of Bichaur, Ilampokhari, Dudhpokhari, Gauda, Kolki and Pyarjung were the most affected, with 2,094 houses completely destroyed and 2,129 partially damaged.
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