Nepalese–Tibetan War

Nepalese-Tibetan War
Battle of Guntagadhi where Nepali forces (in black) defeated Tibetan forces
Date April 1855 – March 1856 Location Tibet Result Nepalese victory Treaty of Thapathali
Belligerents
Qing Dynasty Tibet	Kingdom of Nepal
Commanders and leaders
Sethya Kaji	Jang Bahadur Rana Bam Bahadur Kunwar Dhir Shumsher Kunwar Krishna Dhoj Kunwar Prithvi Dhoj Kunwar
Strength
98,000	34,906
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

Nepalese victory

Qing Dynasty

The Nepalese–Tibetan War (Nepali: नेपाल-तिब्बत युध्द) was fought from 1855 to 1856 in Tibet between the forces of the Tibetan government (Ganden Phodrang, then under administrative rule of the Qing dynasty) and the invading Nepalese army resulting victory of Nepal.

Since the Sino-Nepalese War of 1792, the Nepalese government had renounced all claims of influence in Tibet and maintained a policy of non-intervention in its affairs. With their victory in the war, the Qing Empire made Nepal a tributary state, but the wave of rebellions that afflicted China in the 1850s such as the Taiping Rebellion had crippled her capacity to enforce Imperial authority so far from Beijing and the Nepalese Prime Minister, Jang Bahadur Rana, saw an excellent opportunity to press for Nepalese objectives in Tibet without the threat of Chinese interference.

Jang Bahadur used the alleged ill-treatment to the 1852 embassy, abuses to Nepalese traders in Lhassa, a boundary dispute in the Kuti area, among other grievances to justify the Nepalese demands to the Tibetan government, which included territorial concessions and the payment of an indemnity. He declared war in March 1855 and gave 17 April 1855 as the date limit for his conditions to be met.

In early April 1855 Nepalese troops attacked across the major passes between Tibet and Nepal, from Walungchung to Jara, with the center of their advance in the Kuti and Kerong districts and were joined shortly later by reinforcements completing a total of 27000 men, with thirty-six guns and eight mortars.

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