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The Battle of Nalapani was the first battle of the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814–1816, fought between the forces of the British East India Company and Nepal, then ruled by the House of Gorkha. The battle took place around the Nalapani fort, near Dehradun, which was placed under a month-long siege by the British, between 31 October and 30 ...
The name Mussoorie is often attributed to a derivation of mansūr, a shrub which is indigenous to the area. The town is often referred to as Mansuri by Indians. [7] In 1803 the Gorkhas under Umer Singh Thapa conquered the Garhwal and the Dehra, whereby Mussoorie was established. On 1 November 1814, a war broke out between the Gorkhas and the ...
[note 3] In 1814 he followed Gillespie into Nepal to wrest control from the gurkhas of the Kathmandu Valley. Gillespie was killed in the Battle of Nalapani, dying in the arms of Young. Command was then transferred to General David Ochterlony. During the Nepal war Young was briefly held prisoner by the gurkhas who supposedly appreciated his bravery.
The territorial effects of the Treaty of Sugauli (1816) Map of Hindostan or India (1814) by Mathew Carey. The Treaty of Sugauli (also spelled Sugowlee, Sagauli and Segqulee), the treaty that established the boundary line of Nepal, was signed on 4 March 1816 between the East India Company and Guru Gajraj Mishra following the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814–16.
Battle of Huanta (1814) Battle of Kashmir (1814) Battle of Orthez; Battle of Toulouse (1814) Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1814) Battle of Bladensburg; Blockade of Maastricht (1814) Bolivian War of Independence; Battle of Brienne; Battle of Buceo; Battle of Byssel
The siege of Fort Erie, also known as the Battle of Erie, from 4 August to 21 September 1814, was one of the last engagements of the War of 1812, between British and American forces. It took place during the Niagara campaign, and the Americans successfully defended Fort Erie against a British army.
The Grand Naval Review, Spithead, 24-25 June 1814 Boarding the Duke of Clarence's flagship the Impregnable in Boulogne on 6 June 1814, they crossed to Dover, where they were officially welcomed, with a guard of honour provided by the soldiers of the famous Light Division - the 43rd, 52nd and 95th Regiments. [1]
Christian Frederik's actions in 1814 greatly helped in allowing Norway to go into the union with Sweden as an equal and independent part in which Norway retained its own parliament and separate institutions except for the common king and foreign service. [5] That was the last war between Sweden and Norway as well as Sweden's last war. [6]