List of wars involving Nepal

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)

Conflict	Nepal and Allies	Opposition	Outcome
Bengali expedition into Nepal (1349–1350)^[1]	Khasa-Malla Kingdom	Bengal Sultanate	Victory

Gorkha Kingdom (1559–1768)

Conflict	Nepal and Allies	Opposition	Outcome
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)

Conflict	Nepal and Allies	Opposition	Outcome
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	Stalemate ^[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

References

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^ "Nepalese Army | नेपाली सेना". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
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^ "British Declare War on Nepalese Gurkhas | History Channel on Foxtel". History Channel. June 19, 2016.
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Works cited

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