The Battle of Jit Gadhi ( ne, जितगढीको युद्ध; sometimes referred to as Jit Gadh) was fought in 1814 in

Jit Gadhi The Jit Gadhi (; historically known as Butwal Gadhi) is a fort in Butwal, Lumbini Province, Nepal. The Jit Gadhi was built by the Sen dynasty. This fort was used during the Anglo-Nepalese War (1814–1816) where Colonel Ujir Singh Thapa led Ne ...

Lumbini Province Lumbini Province ( ne, लुम्बिनी प्रदेश, Lumbinī pradēśa) is a province in western Nepal. It borders Gandaki Province and Karnali Province to the north, Sudurpashchim Province to the west, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar o ...

between

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

and the

East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southea ...

. It resulted in Nepalese victory. The battle was commanded by

Ujir Singh Thapa Ujir Singh Thapa or Uzir Singh Thapa ( ne, उजिरसिंह थापा), also known as Wazir Simha Thapa, anglicized as Wuzeer Singh, was Nepalese administrator and military officer. He was the son of Kaji Nain Singh Thapa, a nephew of th ...

and John Sullivan Wood.

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