domingo, 31 de enero de 2016

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
Date1814–1816
LocationNepal
ResultTreaty of Sugauli
Belligerents
Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg British East India CompanyPre 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 height12,000
Casualties and losses

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