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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Nepalese_War Wikipedia - Gurkha War]<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Nepalese_War Wikipedia - Gurkha War]<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cBINAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA54&dq=Almora&ei=MiGWR-u9K6eyiQHu0_2wBw#PPA54,M1 Google Books - Capture of Almora]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101010377/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - William Gardner]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Lancers_(Gardner's_Horse) Wikipedia - Gardner's Horse]
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cBINAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA54&dq=Almora&ei=MiGWR-u9K6eyiQHu0_2wBw#PPA54,M1 Google Books - Capture of Almora]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA26&dq=Almora+Gazetteer+of+The+territories+under+the+Government+of+the+East+India+Company%2BCoimbatore&ei=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA26,M1 Almora - Gazetteer 1857]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101010377/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - William Gardner]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Lancers_(Gardner's_Horse) Wikipedia - Gardner's Horse]


[[Image:Almoramap.jpg|thumb|Almora Location<br>Survey 1920-1946]]
[[Image:Almoramap.jpg|thumb|Almora Location<br>Survey 1920-1946]]
[[Category:Battles|Almora 1815, Battle of]]
[[Category:Battles|Almora 1815, Battle of]]

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Battle of Almora
Part of Anglo-Nepalese War
Date: 26 April 1815
Location: Almora, Uttaranchal
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 29.602174°N 79.653150°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Gorkhas
Commanders
Lt Colonel William Gardner Hasti Dal Chautra
Strength
Casualties

External Links

Wikipedia - Gurkha War
Google Books - Capture of Almora
Almora - Gazetteer 1857
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - William Gardner
Wikipedia - Gardner's Horse

Almora Location
Survey 1920-1946