List of wars involving Nepal

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Nepal has been involved in many wars in its history. This list describes wars involving the historical Khasa-Malla Kingdom, Gorkha Kingdom, Kingdom of Nepal, as well as modern Nepal.

Khasa-Malla Kingdom (11th century-14th century)

Conflict	Nepal and Allies	Opposition	Outcome
Bengali expedition into Nepal (1349–1350) [1]	Khasa-Malla Kingdom	Bengal Sultanate	Victory

Gorkha Kingdom (1559–1768)

Conflict	Nepal and Allies	Opposition	Outcome
Battle of Nuwakot (1744)	Gorkha Kingdom	Kingdom of Kantipur	Gorkhali victory Nuwakot captured by the Gorkhas
Battle of Makwanpur (1762)	Gorkha Kingdom	Senas of Makwanpur	Gorkhali victory
Battle of Sindhuli (1767)	Kingdom of Gorkha [2]	East India Company Kingdom of Kantipur	Gorkhali victory
Battle of Kirtipur (1767)	Gorkha Kingdom	Kingdom of Lalitpur	Gorkhali victory
Battle of Kathmandu (1768)	Gorkha Kingdom	Kantipur Kingdom East India Company	Gorkhali victory Kathmandu Valley sieged and annexed by the Gorkhalis
Battle of Lalitpur (1768)	Kingdom of Gorkha	Kingdom of Lalitpur	Gorkhali victory

Kingdom of Nepal (1768–2008)

Conflict	Nepal and Allies	Opposition	Outcome
Battle of Bhaktapur (1769)	Kingdom of Nepal	Kingdom of Bhaktapur	Victory
Limbuwan Gorkha War (History of Sikkim) [3] (1771–1776)	Kingdom of Nepal	Limbuwan	Victory
First Sino-Nepalese War (1788–1792) [4]	Kingdom of Nepal	Qing dynasty	Victory
Second Sino-Nepalese War (1792)	Kingdom of Nepal	Qing dynasty	Stalemate [5] [6]
Gurkha-Sikh War (1809)	Kingdom of Nepal Supported by: Kumaon Kingdom Garhwal Kingdom	Sikh Empire Kangra State Supported by: Bilaspur State	Defeat
Anglo-Nepalese War (1814–1816) [7]	Kingdom of Nepal	East India Company Garhwal Kingdom Patiala State Kingdom of Sikkim	Defeat
Third Nepal-Tibet War (1855–1856) [8]	Kingdom of Nepal	Tibet under Qing rule	Victory
World War I (1914–1918)	France United Kingdom Canada Australia New Zealand   India   South Africa Russia   Italy   United States   Serbia   Montenegro   Belgium   Japan   Romania   Portugal Hejaz China   Greece Brazil Kingdom of Nepal	Germany   Austria-Hungary   Ottoman Empire   Bulgaria	Victory
World War II (1939–1945)	Soviet Union United States United Kingdom   China France Free France Poland   Yugoslavia   Greece Republican Spain Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Denmark Norway   Czechoslovakia FTM Canada Australia New Zealand   India   Ceylon British Burma Egypt Sudan Nigeria   South Africa Philippines Ethiopia Brazil Mexico Colombia Cuba Chile Peru Mongolia   Tuva Viet Minh KLA Kingdom of Nepal	Germany   Japan   Italy Vichy France   Romania Hungary   Bulgaria Slovakia Bohemia and Moravia   Croatia Finland Kingdom of Albania German Albania Thailand   Iraq Azad Hind Japanese Burma   Manchukuo   Mengjiang	Victory
Tajikistani Civil War (1992–1997)	UNMOT Austria Bangladesh Bulgaria Czechia Denmark Ghana Hungary Indonesia Jordan  Kingdom of Nepal Nigeria Poland   Switzerland Ukraine Uruguay Non-UNMOT: China India Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Russia Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan	United Tajik Opposition Taliban	Victory
United Nations Operation in Somalia II (1993–1995) (Part of the Somali Civil War) (1991–)	UNOSOM II Algeria Australia Austria Bangladesh Belgium Botswana Canada Denmark Egypt Fiji Finland France Germany Greece India Indonesia Ireland Italy Kuwait Jordan Malaysia Morocco  Kingdom of Nepal New Zealand Nigeria Norway Pakistan Philippines Romania Saudi Arabia South Korea Spain Sweden   Switzerland Tunisia Turkey UAE United Kingdom United States Zimbabwe	Somali National Alliance	Inconclusive/Other Result
Nepalese Civil War (1996–2006)	Kingdom of Nepal Nepalese Armed Forces Royal Nepali Army Nepal Police Armed Police Force	Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) People's Liberation Army, Nepal	Comprehensive Peace Accord Abolition of Nepalese monarchy [9]

See also

• Military history of Nepal
• Khasa-Malla Kingdom
• Gorkha Kingdom
• Gorkha Empire
• Nepal

References

1. Ahmed, ABM Shamsuddin (2012). "Iliyas Shah". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
2. "पृथ्वीनारायण शाहद्वारा स्थापित पाँच सैन्य एकाइ कुन हुन् र अहिले कहाँ छन्". BBC News (in Nepali). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
3. "Sikkim Express | History of Sikkim". sikkimexpress.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
4. "The Nepal-Tibet Wars of 1788–92 and 1856 | Social History of Tibetan Societies". www.tibetanhistory.net. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
5. "Nepalese Army | नेपाली सेना". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
6. Regmi 1970a, p. 187.
7. "British Declare War on Nepalese Gurkhas | History Channel on Foxtel". History Channel. June 19, 2016.
8. "The Nepal-Tibet Wars of 1788–92 and 1856 | Social History of Tibetan Societies". www.tibetanhistory.net. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
9. Lovell, Julia (2019). Maoism: A Global History. Penguin. pp. 385–386.

Works cited

• Regmi, Mahesh C., ed. (1970a). "An official Nepali account of the Nepal-China War". Regmi Research Series. 2 (8). Kathmandu: 177–188. Retrieved 2013-10-19.

External links

• Nepal-Tibet war – Border Nepal Buddhi