Anglo-Nepalese War | |||||||
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Balbhadra Kunwar, Gurkha commander of the Anglo-Nepalese War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
British East India Company | Kingdom of Nepal | ||||||
Commanders | |||||||
Francis Rawdon-Hastings David Ochterlony Rollo Gillespie† Bennet Marley John Sullivan Wood | Bhimsen Thapa Amar Singh Thapa Ranjur Singh Thapa Bhakti Thapa† | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
34,000 at height | 12,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown |
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Gurkha War
The Gurkha War (1814–1816), sometimes called the Gorkha War or the Anglo-Nepalese War, was fought between the Kingdom of Nepal (now Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal) and the British East India Company as a result of border tensions and ambitious expansionism. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Sugauli in 1816, which ceded around a third of Nepal's territory to the British.
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