Before Nepal's unification, Makwanpur was ruled by the Sen (Sheng) dynasty; Palpa's ruler Mani Mukunda Sen divided his state among his four sons, and Makwanpur went to the youngest, Lohang Sen. King Tula Sen of the same dynasty built Makwanpur Gadhi, and his granddaughter Indra Kumari married King Prithvi Narayan Shah, who annexed Makwanpur to Gorkha in 1819 B.S. Chisapani Gadhi, built around 1744-1745 AD, was used by Prithvi Narayan Shah to enforce an economic blockade of the Kathmandu Valley, and three battles of Makwanpur (1762, 1763, 1816) were fought at Makwanpur Gadhi. During the Rana regime the district was named Chisapani District with its headquarters at Chisapani Gadhi in Bhimphedi; in 1982 it was renamed Makwanpur after Makwanpurgadhi and the headquarters moved to Hetauda. Hetauda was declared a municipality in 1969, grew at the junction of the Tribhuvan and Mahendra highways, and was declared the capital of Bagmati Province by the Provincial Assembly on 12 January 2020.
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