As the British forces had control over the fort of Deuthal, 1000 yards away from Malaun fort, the whole of the Western Region was at stake, which made Sardar Bhakti Thapa go to the battlefield, taking naked Khukuri and sword on his hand, along with 2,000 Nepalese soldiers amidst the fierce gun-firing of the British army on April 16, 1815.