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{{short description|1814–1816 war between Nepal and Great Britain}}
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| combatant1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg}} [[East India Company]]<br />{{flagicon image|Tehga.svg}} [[Garhwal Kingdom]]<br />{{flagicon image|Patiala flag.svg}} [[Patiala State]]<br />{{flagicon image|Royal flag of Sikkim.svg}} [[Kingdom of Sikkim]]
| combatant2 = {{flagicon|Nepal|old}} [[Kingdom of Nepal|Nepal]]
| commander1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg}} [[Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings|AmarFrancis SinghRawdon-Hastings]]<br thapa/>{{flagicon aimage|Flag greatof warriorthe wasBritish East India Company (1801).svg}} [[David Ochterlony]]<br />{{flagicon image|Flag of the sonBritish East India Company (1801).svg}} [[Rollo Gillespie]]{{KIA}}<br />{{flagicon image|Flag of bhomsenthapathe British East India Company (1801).svg}} Bennet Marley<br />{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg}} John Sullivan Wood<br />{{flagicon image|Patiala flag.svg}} Karam Singh <br />{{flagicon image|Tehga.svg}} Sudarshan Shah <br />{{flagicon image|Royal flag of Sikkim.svg}} [[Tsugphud Namgyal]]
| commander2 = {{flagicon|Nepal|old}} [[Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah]]<br />{{flagicon|Nepal|old}} [[Bhimsen Thapa]]<br />{{flagicon|Nepal|old}} [[Amar Singh Thapa]] (Bada){{refn|group=note|Not to be confused with the better known commander of Gorkhali forces in the [[Gurkha War]] with the same name. The two Amar Singhs are differentiated by the qualifier Bada (greater) and Sanu (lesser).}}<br />{{flagicon|Nepal|old}} [[Ujir Singh Thapa]] <br />{{flagicon|Nepal|old}} [[Dalbhanjan Pande]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bilder-aus-nepal.de/Pages/Philatelie/ANGLO-NEPALESE-1816.html|title=Britisch-Nepalischer Krieg 1814-1816|website=www.bilder-aus-nepal.de}}</ref>{{sfn|Pradhan|2012|p=50}} <br /> {{flagicon|Nepal|old}} [[Balbhadra Kunwar]]<br /> {{flagicon|Nepal|old}} [[Ranabir Singh Thapa]]<br />{{flagicon|Nepal|old}} [[Ranajor Singh Thapa]]<br />{{flagicon|Nepal|old}} [[Bhakti Thapa]]{{KIA}}<br />{{flagicon|Nepal|old}} [[Bakhtawar Singh Thapa]]
| strength1 = '''First campaign''':<br> 22,000 men with sixty cannon<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=L-X-XYB_ZkIC&pg=PA492&dq=gorkha+war&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9Nj7TvnmC4LMrQf1vfHoDw&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=gorkha%20war&f=false Historical Dictionary of the British Empire: A-J, Volume 1; Volume 6, pp. 493]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HvE_Pa_ZlfsC&pg=PA156&dq=Gorkha+War&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mjT3TrjeBYynrAeAsrTxDw&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Gorkha%20War&f=false The Victorians at war, pp.155]</ref><br>'''Second campaign''':<br>17,000<ref name="Naravane, p. 189">{{harvp|Naravane|2006|p=189}}</ref>
Unknown number of Indian mercenaries during both campaigns.
| strength2 = a little more than 11,000<ref name="Smith, p. 218">Smith, p. 218.</ref>
| casualties1 = Unknown
| casualties2 = Unknown
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{{HistoryofNepal}}
 
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|Treaty of Sugauli]] in 1816 [[Anno Domini|AD]], which ceded some Nepalese controlled territory to the EIC.
 
The British war effort was led by the East India Company and supported by a coalition of native states; the [[Garhwal Kingdom]], the [[Patiala State]] and the [[Kingdom of Sikkim]] against the Kingdom of Gorkha. The Kingdom of Gorkha's war effort was led mostly by the Thapa Kaji.{{refn|group=note|Bhimsen's nephew [[Ujir Singh Thapa]]{{sfn|Princep|1825|p=115}} commanded over the Butwal-Jitgadhi Axis while his brothers [[Ranbir Singh Thapa]] and [[Bakhtawar Singh Thapa]] commanded over the Makwanpur-Hariharpur Axis and Bijayapur-Sindhuligadhi Axis respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the Nepalese Army |publisher=Nepal Army |url=http://www.nepalarmy.mil.np:80/history.php?page=two |website=nepalarmy.mil.np |access-date=16 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228014557/http://www.nepalarmy.mil.np/history.php?page=two |archive-date=28 December 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Bada Kaji [[Amar Singh Thapa]] who was considered a member of the larger Thapa caucus,{{sfn|Pradhan|2012|p=26}} led the battle as overall commander against the columns of Major-General [[Rollo Gillespie]] and Colonel [[David Ochterlony]]; his son [[Ranjore Thapa]] commanded the Nahan and Jaithak forts;{{sfn|Anon|1816|p=427}} and Ranjor's nephew [[Balbhadra Kunwar]]{{sfn|Acharya|1971b|p=3}} commanded the [[Dehradun|Doon region]] at [[Battle of Nalapani|Nalapani]].{{sfn|Princep|1825|p=93}}}}
 
==Historical background==