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Duar War

Bhutan War
Date 1864-1865
Location The Bengal Duars
Result British Indian victory
Territorial
changes
Bhutan ceded parts of the Assam Duars, Bengal Duars, and Dewangiri to British India
Belligerents

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom

Bhutan
Commanders and leaders
British Raj Sir John Lawrence, Bt Kagyud Wangchuk (1864)
Tshewang Sithub (1865)
Treaty of Sinchula
Signed November 11, 1865 (1865-11-11)
Location Sinchula
Effective November 11, 1865
Condition Bhutanese cessation of withdrawal of claims to suzerainty of Cooch Behar and the Duars
Expiration 1910
Signatories Sikkim Political Officer Herbert Bruce; Bhutanese King Ugyen Wangchuck and his ministers
Parties British India; Bhutan
Ratifiers Viceroy and Governor-General Sir John Lawrence (British India)
Language English

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom

The Bhutan War (or Duar War) was a war fought between British India and Bhutan in 1864–1865.

Britain sent a peace mission to Bhutan in early 1864, in the wake of the recent conclusion of a civil war there, under Ashley Eden. The dzongpon of Punakha – who had emerged victorious – had broken with the central government and set up a rival Druk Desi while the legitimate druk desi sought the protection of the penlop of Paro and was later deposed. The British mission dealt alternately with the rival penlop of Paro and the penlop of Trongsa (the latter acted on behalf of the druk desi), but Bhutan rejected the peace and friendship treaty it offered. Britain declared war in November 1864. Bhutan had no regular army, and what forces existed were composed of dzong guards armed with matchlocks, bows and arrows, swords, knives, and catapults. Some of these dzong guards, carrying shields and wearing chainmail armor, engaged the well-equipped British forces.

The fort, known at the time as Dewangiri, at Deothang was dismantled by the British during 1865. The British initially suffered a humiliating defeat at Deothang and when they recaptured Dewangiri they destroyed much in an attempt to compensate.


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