[3] After the Bhandarkhal Massacre of 1806, the Samar Jung Company was selected as royal palace guards by Mukhtiyar Bhimsen Thapa.

[5] Bakhtawar Singh was appointed the commander of the company to be camped inside the palace for the protection of King Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah and Queen Tripurasundari of Nepal.

[5] In the maturity of King Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah and Queen Tripurasundari of Nepal, Kaji Bakhtawar slowly gained confidence of both for his role as their protector.

[8] He sent the final ratified document of Sugali Treaty to the British East India Company[8] after the Hitaura camp of Major General David Ochterlony[5] on 4 March 1816.

[10] A letter dated March 1824 to his brother Mukhtiyar Bhimsen Thapa shows Bakhtawar Singh as the governor of Palpa.