First some background based on recorded history. I remember this lesson from Nepali textbook Mahendra Mala called "Dudhko Manito" very vividly from grade four or five.

The Ghales of Lig Lig Kot (present day Gorkha) had the custom of picking the king each year by crowning the winner of a marathon. The Ghales today are one of the four Gurung (Tamu) sub-tribe. But the Magars too have claimed that those Ghales were actually of Magar tribe. It has been a matter of dispute. But last time I heard of it some Magars went on to make a movie about the history of Lig Lig Kot race.
Getting back to the story, during one of those races, came along Drabya Shah who was the younger brother of Narhari Shah, the King of Lamjung. Dyabya Shah told the Ghales that he wanted to participate in the race too. The Ghales naturally opposed but Drabya and his accomplices were very well-armed and stood assertive. The Ghales later agreed reluctantly. The caveat was that the deciding Ghales thought Drabya Shah was not a person who exuded tough physical strength so as to win the race. The wanna-be-Ghale-Kings had trained all year long by massaging their thighs with ghee.
But whatever happened in truth, as they say history is written by the hand of the victor, Drabya Shah won the race. He was crowned the Ghale (Magar or Gurung  whichever) King though he was not from either of the tribes. Before Drabya Shah the Ghale King had a limited term on the throne as indicated by the race. But Drabya Shah held onto power quite plausibly.

When King Narhari Shah, Drabya Shah's elder brother came to know that Drabya had won a kingdom, he wanted it to be annexed to Lamjung. But Dyabya would not give in. Then an sibling enmity and a possible battle was on the brink. Upon hearing all of this their mother got really concerned. One day she devised a plan to settle the dispute between the brothers once and for all. She sent for both of her sons to show up at the brook that bordered Kingdom of Lamjung and Lig Lig Kot. Both respectfully obliged. Pouring some milk into the stream, the mother announced firmly to the warring sons that whoever of the brothers crosses the stream with a "plan of attack" will be in effect be desecreting a motherly wish of children living in harmony.

Such is the story of the early days of Shah Kingdoms ship in historical
Nepal. But who knows for sure what are facts versus what are fictions.


This claim of Shah King having Magar ancestry was surfaced during the beginning of the end of Shah "Die Nasty".

An intelligent question to ask at this juncture is: Who was this claim directed at?

Of course the Magars!. Remember that the People's War started from
western Nepal. The Magars inhabit most of the western districts of
Nepal and consituted a vast majority of the Maoist soldiers. In
essence, the claim was meant to make a rhetoric like why are Magar
people going nuts by trying to dethrone their own Magar King?