What is Battle of Nalapani?
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}} {{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Battle of Nalapani | status = | notes = | casualties2 = over 90 dead<br>440 wounded | casualties1 = over 69 dead<br>671 wounded | strength2 = about 600 (men, women and children) | strength1 = 3,513 men initially | units3 = | units2 = | units1 = | commander2 = Captain [[Balbhadra Kunwar]] | commander1 = Major-General [[Rollo Gillespie]]{{KIA}}<br>Colonel Sebright Mawbey | combatant2 = [[File:Flag of Nepal (1743–1962).svg|18px]] [[Kingdom of Nepal]] | combatant1 = [[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|22px|border|link=]] [[East India Company]] | result = East India Company victory * Nepalese force ceded Nalapani | partof = the [[Anglo-Nepalese War]] | territory = | map_label = | map_caption = | map_marksize = | map_size = | map_type = | coordinates = {{coord|30.392922|N|78.085443|E|type:event|display=inline}} | place = [[Dehradun]], India | date = 31 October&nbsp;– 30 November 1814 | caption = Possible portrait of the Battle of Nalapani | image_size = 300 | image = | campaignbox = }} The '''Battle of Nalapani''' was the first battle of the [[Anglo-Nepalese War]] of 1814–1816. The forces of the British [[East India Company]] fought against [[Nepal]], then ruled by the [[Gorkha Kingdom|House of Gorkha]]. The battle took place around the Nalapani fort, near [[Dehradun]]. The British besieged the fort between 31 October and 30 November 1814. The fort's garrison was commanded by Captain [[Balbhadra Kunwar]]. Major-General [[Rollo Gillespie]], who had previously fought in the [[Invasion of Java (1811)|Battle of Java]], was in charge of the attacking British troops. Gillespie was killed on the first day of the siege while rallying his men and despite considerable odds, both in terms of numbers and firepower, Balbhadra and his 600-strong garrison successfully held out against more than 5,000 British troops for over a month. First two