The Gurkha War (1814-1816), also known as the Anglo-Nepalese War, was fought between the British Empire and the Kingdom of Nepal. 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The British Empire was the worlds first global power and the largest empire in history. ...

Nepal had been opposing any British actions in the subcontinent, and posed a threat to the British-ruled capital of Calcutta. The immediate cause, was the refusal of Nepalese forces to evacuate the disputed territories of Audh (now in Uttar Pradesh in India). War was declared by Nepalese prime minister and commander in chief Mukhtiyar General Bhimsen Thapa and British Governor Sir Warren Hastings. This article is on Calcutta/Kolkata, the city. ... Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: उत्तर प्रदेश, Urdu: اتر پردیش), also popularly known by its acronym UP, is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Union of India. ... Bhimsen Thapa (born in 1775) was the first prime minister of Nepal. ... Warren Hastings (December 6, 1732 - August 22, 1818) was the first governor-general of British India, from 1773 to 1786. ...

Approximately 12000 Nepalese soldiers fought against the 30000 British soldiers (excluding the allied Indian States soldiers). Nepal lacked sufficient military might due to a recent and particularly bloody national unification campaign, but the Nepalese soldiers were nevertheless determined and robust.

The Gurkhas of Nepal, led by general Amar Singh Thapa, inflicted a series of repulses on the British Army in Bengal, led by general Sir David Ochterlony. Each side earned the respect of the other, but eventually British forces were victorious in the western fronts of Nalapani, Almora, Dehradun, Sutluj. The resulting Sugauli Treaty of 1816 gave the British the tract of hill country where Simla, the site of the future summer capital of British India, was situated and it settled relations between Nepal and British India for the rest of the British period. Nepal remained independent and isolated, supported by the export of soldiers to strengthen the British military presence in India. Gurkha, also spelt as Gorkha, are people from Nepal who take their name from the legendary eighth century Hindu warrior-saint Guru Gorakhnath. ... Amar Singh Thapa was the General of the Nepalese forces of western front in the Anglo-Nepal War. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Bengal, known as Bôngo (Bengali: বঙ্গ), Bangla (বাংলা), Bôngodesh (বঙ্গদেশ), or Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ) in Bangla (Bengali), is a region in the northeast of South Asia. ... David Ochterlony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Sugauli Treaty (also spelled Segowlee) was signed on December 2, 1815 and ratified by March 4, 1816, between the British East India Company and The Kingdom of Nepal, ending the second British invasion of the Himalayan kingdom during the Anglo-Nepalese War (1814–16). ... Shimla Shimla (शिमला) is the capital of Himachal Pradesh and a hill station in North India. ... The British Raj is an informal term for the period of British rule of most of the Indian subcontinent, or present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka (previously known as Ceylon). ...

By the end of the war, the Gurkha soldiers were so amazed at the British resolve, that they asked to be incorporated into the British Army.

External links

• http://reference.allrefer.com/country-guide-study/nepal/nepal130.html
• Library of Congress Nepal Country Study