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	Gurkha War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gurkha War ( 1814 - 1816), also known as the Anglo-Nepalese War, was fought between the British Empire and the Kingdom of Nepal.
		The war was declared by Nepalese prime minister and commander in chief Mukhtiyar General Bhimsen Thapa and British Governor Sir Warren Hastings.
		The prelude to the war was that Nepal had been opposing any British actions in the subcontinent and stood a threat to their capital of Calcutta.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anglo-Nepalese_War

	Anglo Afghan War
		The Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-1880 A.) The Situation Preceding the War Afghanistan continued to be of strategic importance for Britain, the foreign policy of which at that time has to be seen in...
		The First Anglo-Afghan War led to one of the most disastrous defeats of the Victorian military when an entire British army was wiped out by Russian-supplied Afghan Pashtun tribesman during the 1842...
		The First Anglo-Afghan War - The Third Afghan War: 1919 Wars and Conflicts Austerlitz Campaign - 1805 - Austerlitz - Austerlitz 2005 Wars and Conflicts Battles - A British Account of the Burning of...
	www.afghanie.com /AngloAfghanWar

	History of Nepal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A period of internal turmoil followed, heightened by Nepal's defeat in the Anglo-Nepalese War ( 1814 â“ 16).
		A week later he reappointed another government, but the country is still very unstable because of the civil war with the Maoists, the various political factions, the king's attempts to take more control of the government and worries about the competence of Gyanendra's son and heir, Prince Paras.
		February 13, 1996 saw the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) launch the " People's War " -- an insurgency with the stated goal of overthrowing the existing monarchic state and establishing a communist republic, or a Maoist "people's democracy".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Nepal

	Nepal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1814, Nepal fought the Anglo-Nepalese War with the British East India Company, which ended with the 1816 Sugauli Treaty, in which Nepal gave up Sikkim and the southern Terai, and the British retreated.
		Gyanendra deployed Nepal's military in a destructive civil war with the Maoist insurgents, the Nepalese People's War.
		Nepal's economy has been severely affected by the " People's War " between the Nepalese government and the Maoists.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nepal

	Nepal From the Anglo-Nepalese War to World War II - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System
		Increasingly frequent clashes of the opposing forces culminated in the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814-16, in which the victorious British forces were impressed by the fighting qualities of their Gorkha opponents.
		Following the war, the Nepalese government requested that Britain cede portions of the Tarai in recognition of Kathmandu's contribution to the Allied war effort.
		Nepalese exploits in relieving the British resident in Lucknow made a lasting impression on British officials and strategists.
	www.photius.com /countries/nepal/national_security/nepal_national_security_from_the_anglo_nepal~669.html

	Anglo-Gurkha War, Anglo-French struggles
		General Ochterlony advanced towards the Nepal capital and defeated the Nepalese at Makwanpur on February 28, 1816.
		India's History : Modern India : The Anglo-Gurkha war ; Anglo-French struggles - 1814-1816
		As per the treaty the Nepalese gave up their claims to places in the lowlands along the southern frontier, gave away Garhwal and Kumaon on the west of Nepal to the British and also withdrew from Sikkim.
	www.indhistory.com /anglo-gurkha-war.html

	History of Nepal
		The resulting Anglo- Nepalese War (1814-16) was devastating for Nepal: the Treaty of Sagauli reduced the kingdom to the boundaries it has since occupied, less than 900 kilometers from east to west.
		The next stage of Nepalese politics was the period of hereditary Rana rule--the establishment of a dictatorship of successive Rana prime ministers beginning with Jang Bahadur Kunwar in 1846.
		Nepalese tribal and communal customs dictate women's lesser role in society, but their status differs from one ethnic group to another and is usually determined by caste.
	motherearthtravel.com /nepal/history.htm

	Gangtok Sikkim Hotel The Oriental India,Eastern Himalayas
		In 1816 these territories were restored to Sikkim by the British in return for its support during the Anglo-Nepalese War (1814-16), but by 1817 Sikkim had become a de facto protectorate of Britain.
		Sikkim fought a series of territorial wars with both Bhutan and Nepal beginning in the mid-18th century, and Nepal subsequently came to occupy parts of western Sikkim and the sub-mountain Terai.
		It was during this period that the largest migration of Nepalese to Sikkim began.
	www.orientalsikkim.com /sikkim1.html

	T.H.E G.U.R.K.H.A.S - HISTORY
		It was this war that made Gurkhas known to the rest of the world as "the bravest of the brave" warriors.
		After the Second World War the Gurkhas fought in the Malasiyan war with Communist insurgents, and in the Indo-China War (1962) and the Indo- Pakistan War(1965 and 1970).
		Forty five battalions of Gurkha soldiers fought during the World War II against the Germans in Iraq, Persia, Italy, Cyprus, Greece and the Japanese in Singapore, Burma, Malaya and Indonesia.
	www.manitara.com /thegurkhas/history.htm

	MSN Encarta - Search View - Nepal
		Nepalâs monetary unit is the Nepalese rupee (76.14 Nepalese rupees equal U.S. $1; 2003 average).
		In 1951 Prime Minister Rana allowed a reorganization of the Nepalese government along democratic lines and the king was reinstalled.
		Known for their brave fighting skills, these mercenaries have fought in nearly every major war, and with UN peacekeeping forces.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761562648__1/Nepal.html

	AllRefer.com - Nepal - The Enclosing of Nepal Nepalese Information Resource
		In 1803 after Garhwal was devastated by an earthquake, the Nepalese armies moved in, defeated and killed the raja of Garhwal in battle, and annexed a ruined land.
		The Nepalese laid siege to Kangra until 1809, when Ranjit Singh, ruler of the Sikh state in the Punjab, intervened and drove the Nepalese army east of the Sutlej River.
		The Nepalese were forced to sign a humiliating treaty that took away their trading privileges in Tibet.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/nepal/nepal21.html

	NATIONAL 2 (Spotlight Weekly)]
		In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States and Washingtonís pledge to pulverize terror groups and their sponsors with the full force of its military, some Nepalese analysts are predicting significant impacts on this country.
		As the US-led coalition has embarked on a new kind of war, Nepal and its neighbors have either offered to provide or are already providing various forms of support to the campaign.
		Even in the midst of this modern war on terrorism, tradition has again asserted itself in Afghanistan, albeit in a different way.
	www.nepalnews.com.np /contents/englishweekly/spotlight/2001/oct/oct19/national2.htm

	OPEN - Events Calendar
		Like India's peaceful protest against England, the Nepalese formed the Nepali National Congress (like the Indian National Congress and the African National Congress) and with the help of India's first democratically elected Prime Minister, Jewaral Nehru, the corrupt and oppressive military regime ended.
		Although Nepal lost the war, England feared fighting the Gurkas in the future.
		As with many periods of growth, comes a period of war.
	www.oneplaneteducation.com /nepal.html

	The Causes Of The Rebellion
		After 1845-46 (First Sikh War) and 1848-49 (Second Sikh War) the EEIC found that they could recruit good soldier material from Punjab and trans Indus about whose fighting qualities in case of Sikhs the EEIC was convinced by virtue of the excellent fighting performance in the two Sikh wars.
		It is true that the British were masters in making other races fight their wars through a subtle system based on regimental pride, motivation, resolute leadership espirit de corps etc. But the essential fact was that the Bengal Sepoy was an Indian and a subject.
		News of British reverses in the Crimean War of 1856 also encouraged Bengal Army sepoys belief that the Britisher was not invincible.
	defencejournal.com /aug99/rebellion.htm

	Search: Nepalese - FOX News
		From the Anglo-Nepalese War to World War II.
		Nepalese (also known as the Eastern Pahari) are the major ethnic group in Nepal...
		Nepalese (also known as the Gurkhali), are one such group...
	search.foxnews.com /_1_HPOT2P0PROE63__info.foxnws/search/web/Nepalese

	The Nepal Digest: The Nepal Digest - September 2, 1995 (19 Bhad
		The Nepalese guy told the official that he doesn't speak Spanish, all his belongings are in the U.S., he has return ticket only for the U.S., and that he doesn't have money to go back to Nepal.
		When I called up this Nepalese student of mine, he said that the last time he left the U.S. to go to Nepal, it was only when he reached Hong Kong that he realized that the airlines people had forgotten to take his departure card from his passport.
		I really don't think that the Nepalese are saying that visas to the U.S. should given to them without any "trouble"; all they are asking for is that the decision to grant or deny a visa should be based on some reasonable law, that is uniform, and consistent in all U.S. Embassies.
	library.wustl.edu /~listmgr/tnd/0163.html

	Untitled
		With the Treaty of Sagauli at the end of the war, the Nepalese gained official recognition from Great Britain, and the British gained the right to recruit Nepalese into their army.
		Soldiers in the Nepalese army are not generally called Gurkhas; that designation has traditionally belonged to the soldiers serving in the British Brigade of Gurkhas.
		In Dehra Don, where the British held prisoners of war, the captives so impressed their captors that a Lt. Frederick Young formed the first volunteer Corps of Gurkha soldiers in 1815, even before the war ended.
	www.suite101.com /print_article.cfm/3760/86225

	List of treaties - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1951 - Treaty of San Francisco - A peace treaty between the Allied powers and Japan and ended the conflict in the World War II.
		1795 - Treaty of Greenville - Ends the war between the United States and a coalition of Native Americans
		1629 - Treaty of LÃ¼beck - Denmark withdraws from the Thirty Years' War.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_treaties

	South Asia and the Himalayan Region, 1800-1900 A.D. Timeline of Art History The Metropolitan Museum of Art
		Nepal loses territory in the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814–16.
		The Anglo-Sikh Wars are concluded with the British annexation of the province of Punjab in 1849.
		Following the Duar War of 1864–65, Bhutan cedes land to the British in the mountains of Assam and Bengal.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/ht/10/ssa/ht10ssa.htm

	Contemporary Review: Tile Gurkhas. - Review - book review
		The Anglo-Nepalese war which broke out in 1814 when Nepal, seeking to extend her boundaries, rashly challenged the might of the British East India Company, was not a walkover still less a rout.
		Ten of the 26 VCs awarded to the Indian Army in the Second World War were won by Gurkhas though they made up only a fifth of the Indian forces.
		They fought in the Indian Mutiny and have seen action in many lesser conflicts since from the Afghan wars of the 19th century to the Falklands.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2242/is_1611_276/ai_62204900

	Kingdoms of Nepal
		Anglo-Nepalese War, which culminates in a treaty which establishes Nepal's current boundaries.
		Nepalese expansion is halted by defeat at the hands of the Chinese in Tibet.
		The sovereignty of the crown is restored and anti-Rana rebels in the Nepalese Congress Party form the government.
	www.kessler-web.co.uk /History/KingListsFarEast/IndiaNepal.htm

	1857 A Brief Political and Military Analysis
		Thus the Bengal Army bore the brunt of the British wars in India from 1757 to 1857 and proved their mettle against a wide variety of races ranging from the Afghan, Sikh, Gurkha, Mahratta to the Sindhi Baluchi and Frontier tribesmen.
		Thus during the First Afghan war, the 64th Bengal Native Infantry refused to accept its pay and to advance into Afghanistan as ordered until its allowances were increased and warm clothing was issued.
		(2) War weariness combined with class warfare as in the Russian Army in 1905 and in 1917 or in the German Navy in 1918.
	www.defencejournal.com /jul99/1857.htm

	Central Asia Lexicon
		The Simla Manifesto was enforced in 1839, by British troops, the "Army of the Indus," led by General Keane, thus precipitating the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-1842).
		The justification was ostensibly Dost Mohammed's lack of loyalty in treating with the Russians (who had already withdrawn due to the pressure put on them from Palmerston), and the condition of restoring Shah Shujah was that he relinquish any claims on Peshawar, in favour of Ranjit Singh.
		The treaty was renounced by Duleep Singh in 1885 during the Pandjeh crisis.
	www.billbuxton.com /lexicon.html

	South Asian Media Net
		comatose state, he was proclaimed the king (in accordance with Nepalese tradition) in his hospital bed.
		civil war and resulted in the deaths of 10,000 people.
		Crown Prince Dipendra went on a killing spree in the royal palace in a violent response to his parents' refusal to accept his choice for a wife.
	www.southasianmedia.net /profile/nepal/nepal_history.cfm

	WORLD ENCYCLOPAEDIA - Nepal - Infighting among Aristocratic Factions
		The Gorkha aristocracy had led Nepal into disaster on the international front but preserved the political unity of the country, which at the end of the Anglo-Nepalese War in 1816 still was only about twenty-five years old as a unified nation.
		The success of the central government rested in part on its ability to appoint and control regional administrators, who also were high officers in the army.
	encyclopaedic.net /world/nepal/12.php

	Nepal - China
		In the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814-16, China refused Nepal's requests for military assistance and, by default, surrendered its dominant position in Nepal to the growing British influence.
		By the eighteenth century, Nepalese adventurism in Tibet led to Chinese intervention in favor of Tibet.
		Although annual Tibetan tribute missions appeared regularly in Nepal as late as 1953, Beijing had started to ignore the provisions of the 1856 treaty by curtailing the privileges and rights it accorded to Nepalese traders, by imposing restrictions on Nepalese pilgrims, and by stopping the Tibetan tributary missions.
	countrystudies.us /nepal/69.htm

	:::...::: GURKHAS KHUKURI HOUSE :::...::: (The Gurkhas)
		At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the entire Nepalese Army was placed at the British crown.
		During the war, a deep feeling of mutual respect and admiration developed between the British and their adversaries.
		Under the terms of the peace treaty, following the war, large numbers of Gorkhali were permitted to volunteer for service in the East India Company and from those volunteers were formed the first regiment of Gurkhas in 1815.
	www.gurkhaskhukuri.com /gurkhas.html

	Table of contents for Library of Congress control number 2004012523
		Anglo-Nepalese War 1814-1816 a) Accounts by participants b) Other accounts c) Regimental histories 5.
		Tibetan-Nepalese Wars 1788-1792 a) The Wars b) The Macartney Mission 3.
		First Anglo-Bhutanese War and the Bogle Mission to Tibet 5.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/ecip0418/2004012523.html

	Untitled Document
		Increasing British presence in India lead to the Anglo-Nepalese War 1814-1816, the war ended with British annexation of the lower one third of Nepal and the establishment of a British Legation in Kathmandu.
		The staff for the centers and the hospital should include and train Nepalese citizens as far as possible.
		Following this war Nepal became completely closed to any foreigners.
	www.pitts.emory.edu /globaltexts/historical_resources/Nepalhistory.htm

	SPAN - View on Indian Zoos
		He emphasized the miseries inflicted upon the populations in this war, and the political, spiritual and moral destabilization such a war was going to imprint on the tribes of Afghanistan.
		From the evidence that is available, his participation in the war is not clear at all.
		During the Civil War in 1861, he raised a regiment for the Union Army, called Harlan’s Light Cavalry, later known as the 11th Cavalry.
	usembassy.state.gov /posts/in1/wwwhsp_0403.html

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