HP GK Gorkhas Invasion and Treaty of Sagauli
Gorkhas Invasion –Its nature& consequences,Treaty of Sagauli
- Main aims –to spread areas
- During gorkha era many forts built
- Invitations to gorkhas
- Naresh Rana bahadur of nepal sent gorkha ruler in kumaon on the invition of hark dev of bushaheri and annexed almora
- 1804-annexed garhwal
- Mahan chand invited gorkha ruler against sansar chand and ransharan singh of hindur
- Sirmaur ruler karam prakash called amar singh thapa against his brother kanwar singh
- Gorkh ruler killed ratan singh
- Ranzor singh Defeated karam prakash and annexed sirmaur and sent him to bhurian
Rule on hill states by gorkhas
- Defeated army of hindur
- Ramsharan went to south of kalsi
- Annexed hindur , pundar, jubbal and dhami
- 1806 –Battle of mahamorian – sansar chand and forced him to take refuge in kangra fort
- Freed ishwari sen after 12 years of exile of sansar chand in nadaun
- Head quarter at bhagal of arki
- 1811-defeated bushar and took over the areas of balsan , kotgarh,jubbal
- Mahinder singh of bushahr lived in kamru
- Annexed 12 thakuris
- Later went to arki after giving to areas of rampur on basis of 12000 tax
Gorkha –British war 1814-15
- 1st nov 1814 –started war against gorkhas by british
- Divided into four parts –
- Gillespie
- Mortindel
- William frazer
- Octerchlony
- Gillespie and Balbhadra Thapa
- Gillespie annexed dehradun and kiarda doon with 4400 army
- Minister of dehradun was bhalbhadra left this area and took over kalinga
- British won kalinga areas
Mortinder and Ranzor singh
- Ranzor singh faced britishers left nahan and barricade jatak forts
- Britisher reached nahan at 19 december 1914
- On December 25, Ranjor Singh was besieged in the Jatak Fort
- Defeated Mortinder badly
James frazer
- Attacked jubbal with 500 army
- 2nd march 1815-reached sarahan near chopal
- Jubbal minister daangi and princu meet with him
- Daangi minister , bushahr badridas and tilkam das attanked rawin garh
- On the basis of treaty frazer gorkhas emptied fort and frazer took over the fort
- Kirti rana ruled rampur , Bushahr ruled by badridas and tikamgarh
- Kirti rana was surrounded near hatu fort
Major David octerchlony
- 5 november 1814-annexed nalagarh through the route by ropar
- Took over taragarh fort
- Amar Singh Thapa decided to take a front from the British around Ramgarh Fort.
- Raja Ramsharan of Hindur and Raja of Kehlur decided to support the British
- Ramgarh Fort was attacked on 16 Jan 1815 due to which Amar Singh Thapa had to go to Malun Fort.
- British captured Ramgarh Fort
- The death of the brave Bhakti Thapa and the defeat of the Gurkhas at the Malun Fort compelled Amar Singh to sign a treaty.
Result Of Gorkhas British war
- All gorkhas region From Kali river To sutlej come Under authority Of british
- The situation of the english Strengthened
- Boundaries between British And Nepal were Fixed
- The end of Gorkhas Dominance Of Shimla hill States And Expansion Of English Empire Began
- After Gorkhas British war , Treaty Of Sagauli take places
Treaty of sagauli
- 28 dec 1815 ended gorkhas –british war
- gorkhas accepted to go back to Nepal
- Bilateral Agreement
- Borders of both dominions Britishers –garhwal, kumaon near satluj Nepal regiment 1816 –accepted treatyby gorkha
