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|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehradun Nalapani, [[Dehra Dun]] , [[Uttaranchal]] |presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]] |co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=30.785479329322,7778.288895123087&z=913&t=h&hl=en enn 30.785479°N 77329322°N 78.288895°E123087°E] |result=costly British victory

|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101010738/ [Robert Rollo Gillespie|Brig Gen Sir Robert GilllespieGillespie]]

|strength1= 3,500|strength2= 600 garrison|casualties1= 71 killed<br>671 wounded|casualties2= about 530 killed

Also Known known as the '''Battle of Nalapani'''. == Summary ==Following an initial bombardment four detachments were to assault the fort. The command was not heard by two detachments and the attack was repulsed with 5 officers and 29 men killed and 15 officers and 213 men wounded. General Gillespie was among the dead. The force withdrew to [[Dehra Dun]] until reinforced by heavy guns. The bombardment was begun on 25 November and a second assault made on 28 November. This was a greater disaster than the first; 4 officers and 33 men were killed and 7 officers and 436 men wounded. Further bombardment finally overcame the fort but the remaining 70 Gurkhas escaped during the night. == Spelling variants ==Modern name: Khalunga<br>Variants:Kalunga/Kalanga<br> 

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Nepalese_War Wikipedia - Gurkha War]Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OVUIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=Bal+Bhadra+Thapa&source=web&ots=4Teq6aEHIz&sig=8_c-m0rksmRz4UQreMfgsL508oM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result#PPA17,M1 Google Books - Assault on Kalanga Fort]Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=g9s4ryW6BxwC&pg=PA10&dq=Nalapani&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Nalapani&f=false Disasters at Nalapani] Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GYpCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA394&dq=Kalunga+1814&as_brr=3#PPA393,M1 Google Books - Operations in Dehra Dun]Google Books<br>[http://beacononline.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/cannon-ball-that-witnessed-anglo-gurkha-war-may-open-door-to-khalunga-mysteries/#more-5669 Himilayan Himalayan Beacon Article 29/7/08]beacononline.wordpress.com<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=label:%22gazetteer%22&lr=#v=snippet&q=Nalapani&f=false Nalapani] Gazetteer 1857<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101010738/ Brig Gen Sir Robert Gillespie] ODNB<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/166/mode/1up/search/Gillespie Sir Robert Rollo Gillespie] Indian Dictionary of Biography ==== Historical books on-line ====''History of the organisation, equipment, and war services of the regiment of Bengal artillery Vol II'' by Francis W Stubbs 1877 [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyorganiza00stubgoog#page/n18/mode/2up Assault on Kalanga] www.archive.org<br>'' List of inscriptions on Christian tombs and tablets of historical interest in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh'' by E A H Blunt ICS 1911 [http://www.archive.org/stream/listofinscriptio00blunuoft#page/2/mode/2up Names on monument of officers killed and description of assault on the fort] archive.org [[Category:Battles|Kalunga, Battle of]][[Category:Gurkha War 1814-16|Kalunga, Battle of]]http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Category:Gurkha_War_1814-16