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)[edit]

Conflict | Nepal and Allies | Opposition | Outcome

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Bengali expedition into Nepal
(1349-1350)[1] | Khasa-Malla Kingdom | Bengal Sultanate |

Defeat

## Gorkha Kingdom (1559-1768)[edit]

Conflict | Nepal and Allies | Opposition | Outcome

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Battle of Nuwakot
(1744)  | Gorkha Kingdom | Kingdom of Kantipur |

Victory

Battle of Makwanpur
(1762)  | Gorkha Kingdom | Kingdom of Makawanpur  |

Victory

Battle of Sindhuli
(1767)  | Gorkha Kingdom | Kingdom of Kantipur

* * *

Supported by:
East India Company |

Victory

Battle of Kirtipur
(1767)  | Gorkha Kingdom | Kingdom of Patan |

Victory

* After 3 previous failed attempts, Kirtipur fell.

Battle of Kathmandu
(1768)  | Gorkha Kingdom | Kingdom of Kantipur

* * *

Supported by:
East India Company |

Victory

Battle of Lalitpur
(1768)  | Gorkha Kingdom | Kingdom of Patan |

Victory

## Kingdom of Nepal (1768-2008)[edit]

Conflict | Nepal and Allies | Opposition | Outcome

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Battle of Bhaktapur
(1769)  | Kingdom of Nepal | Kingdom of Bhaktapur |

Victory

Limbuwan Gorkha War
(History of Sikkim)[2]
(1771-1776)  | Kingdom of Nepal | Limbuwan |

Victory

First Sino-Nepalese War
(1788-1792)[3] | Kingdom of Nepal |  Qing dynasty |

Victory

Second Sino-Nepalese War
(1792)  | Kingdom of Nepal |  Qing dynasty |

Defeat[4][5]

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)[6] |  Kingdom of Nepal |  East India Company
Garhwal Kingdom
Patiala State

Kingdom of Sikkim

Defeat

Third Nepal-Tibet War
(1855-1856)[7] |  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)[8] |  Kingdom of Nepal
(Government of Nepal)

* Royal Nepalese Army

* * *

Supported by:
China
Pakistan
India
Belgium
United Kingdom
United States

|  Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)

* People's Liberation Army, Nepal

* * *

Supported by:
Communist Party of India (Maoist)
Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)

Comprehensive Peace Accord

## See also[edit]

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

## References[edit]

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. ^ "Sikkim Express | History of Sikkim". sikkimexpress.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
3. ^ "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.
4. ^ "Nepalese Army | नेपाली सेना". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
5. ^ Regmi 1970a, p. 187.
6. ^ "British Declare War on Nepalese Gurkhas | History Channel on Foxtel". History Channel. June 19, 2016.
7. ^ "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.
8. ^ "Timeline of Nepal's civil war". www.aljazeera.com.

### Works cited[edit]

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

## External links[edit]

* Nepal-Tibet war – Border Nepal Buddhi

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