Anglo-Nepalese War
The Anglo-Nepalese War (1 November 1814 – 4 March 1816), also known as the Gorkha War, was fought between the Gorkhali army of the Kingdom of Nepal (present-day Nepal) and the British forces of the East India Company (EIC, present-day India). Both sides had ambitious expansion plans for the mountainous north of the Indian Subcontinent. The war ended with the signing of the Sugauli Treaty in 1816, which ceded some of the Nepalese-controlled territory to the EIC.
Anglo-Nepalese War
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Bhakti Thapa (yellow) leading Nepalese Gurkhali Army against British forces | |||||||||
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| East India Company | Nepal | ||||||||
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Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah
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First campaign:
100,000 Indian mercenaries during both campaigns. | a little more than 11,000 | ||||||||
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| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
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| Nepal portal |
The British war effort was led by the East India Company against the Kingdom of Gorkha. Most of the Kingdom of Gorkha's war effort was led by the two Thapa families: the Thapa dynasty and the family of Amar Singh Thapa.