battle, early modern

Battle of Kathmandu

Name: Battle of Kathmandu
Location: Kathmandu, Nepal

Battle of Kathmandu was a battle fought in 1768 at Kathmandu, in what is now Nepal. The recorded result: Gorkhali victory. Recorded strength: 18,000 against 7,000; 800 soldiers of Commander Kinlockh.

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Engraving of Kathmandu skyline from the book "An Account of the Kingdom of Nepaul, Being the Substance of Observations Made During a Mission to that Country, in the Year 1793", by Col Kirkpatrick, pub. B. Howlett, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fought1768

WhereKathmandu, Nepal27.717N, 85.367E

OutcomeGorkhali victory

BelligerentsGorkha KingdomagainstKingdom of Kantipur; border|25px East India Company

Record

Date	1768 (year precision)
Place	Kathmandu, Nepal 27.717N, 85.367E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Territorial change	Kathmandu Valley sieged and annexed by the Gorkhalis
Strength	18,000	7,000; 800 soldiers of Commander Kinlockh
Commanders	Prithvi Narayan Shah Tularam Pande Vamsharaj Pande	Jaya Prakash Malla

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 Jit Gadhi 1814, 188 km W
Battle of Ghaghra 1529, 220 km S
Siege of Arrah 1857, 250 km S
Battle of Buxar 1764, 276 km SW
Battle of Giria 1740, 446 km SE

Elsewhere in 1768

Battle of Borgo France
Battle of Maymyo Myanmar

Battle of Kathmandu is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 5 in present-day Nepal.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871400, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Kathmandu, revision 1371749233, 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.