battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic

Battle of Jit Gadhi

Name: Battle of Jit Gadhi
Location: Jit Gadhi, Nepal

Battle of Jit Gadhi was a battle fought in 1814 at Jit Gadhi, in what is now Nepal. It was part of the Anglo-Nepalese War, which ran from 1814 to 1816. The recorded result: Nepalese victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against 1,200.

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Fought1814

WhereJit Gadhi, Nepal27.703N, 83.460E

OutcomeNepalese victory

BelligerentsEast India CompanyagainstNepal

Casualties and lossesOver 300and~70

Part ofAnglo-Nepalese War1814 to 1816

Where it sits in the Anglo-Nepalese War

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Record

Date	1814 (year precision)
Place	Jit Gadhi, Nepal 27.703N, 83.460E
Kind	Battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength	Unknown	1,200
Casualties and losses	Over 300	~70
Commanders	John Sullivan Wood	Ujir Singh Thapa

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Kathmandu 1768, 188 km E
Battle of Buxar 1764, 243 km S
Battle of Ghaghra 1529, 250 km SE
Siege of Arrah 1857, 267 km SE
Siege of Lucknow 1857, 268 km W

In the same war

After: Battle of Nalapani 31 October 1814
All 3 engagements of Anglo-Nepalese War

Elsewhere in 1814

Battle of Jit Gadhi is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 5 in present-day Nepal.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q109849716, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Jit Gadhi, revision 1370266408, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.