Nepalese-Tibetan War
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Was a war between the forces of the Tibetan government (then under administrative rule of the Qing dynasty) and the invading Nepalese army.
Chronology
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March 1856: In 1856, a Treaty was signed at Thapathali between Tibet (under Qing rule) and Nepal. The Tibetans agreed to pay an annual subsidy of ten thousand rupees to the Nepal Durbar and allowed a Nepalese trading station and agency to be established at Lhasa.
May 1855: Kerong, a strategic town in Tibet, was occupied by Nepalese military leader Bam Bahadur in 1855 without facing any resistance. This move was part of Nepal's expansionist policies under the leadership of Prime Minister Jang Bahadur Rana.
April 1855: In 1855, General Dhir Shamsher of Nepal defeated a small Tibetan detachment at Chusan, captured Kuti, and advanced to Suna Gompa during a military occupation of the territory.
November 1855: In 1855, the Tibetan army, under the Qing dynasty, attacked Nepalese camps at Kuti and Dzongka. The Nepalese suffered heavy losses, with 700 men killed in Kuti. The survivors retreated to the border in November 5.
January 1856: Jang Bahadur sent reinforcements and in December Dhir Shamsher recaptured Kuti.
