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.



Anglo-Nepalese War
Gurkha Commander Nepal War.jpg
Balbhadra Kunwar, Gurkha commander of the Anglo-Nepalese War
Date 1814–1816
Location Nepal
Result Treaty of Sugauli
Belligerents
Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg British East India Company Pre 1962 Flag of Nepal.png 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

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