Anglo-Nepalese War

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The Anglo-Nepalese War (1 November 1814 – 4 March 1816), also known as the Anglo-Gorkha War, was a major military conflict fought between the Kingdom of Nepal and the East India Company (EIC). The war was the culmination of decades of geopolitical friction as two expanding powers clashed along an ill-defined 1,500-kilometer frontier. While Nepal had aggressively expanded its empire from the Teesta River in the east to the Sutlej River in the west, the EIC was simultaneously extending its dominion across the Indian subcontinent. The initial conflicts were driven by competition over the fertile Tarai lowlands and trans-Himalayan trade routes into Tibet. The final crisis emerged in May 1814 CE (Jeth 1871 BS), when a small Nepalese force attacked EIC police outposts in the disputed Butwal region, killing 18 EIC officials. Citing this attack as a casus belli, Lord Hastings, the Governor-General of India, formally declared war on the Kingdom of Nepal on 1 November 1814 CE (18 Kartik 1871 BS)...

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