Battle of Makwanpur
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The Battle of Makwanpur was a key 1816 engagement between the Kingdom of Nepal and the British East India Company that helped determine the outcome of the Anglo-Nepalese War and led to the signing of the Sugauli Treaty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Makwanpur canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1673563 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Makwanpur Context triple: [Anglo-Nepalese War, notableBattle, Battle of Makwanpur]
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A.
Battle of Koonch
The Battle of Koonch was a significant engagement during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in which rebel forces clashed with the British East India Company in present-day Uttar Pradesh.
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B.
Battle of Jaithak
The Battle of Jaithak was a key 1814–1815 engagement in the Anglo-Nepalese War, where Gorkha forces defended a strategic hill fort against British East India Company troops in the Himalayan foothills.
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C.
Battle of Khadki
The Battle of Khadki was a major 1817 engagement near Pune in which British forces decisively defeated the Maratha Empire, helping to bring about the end of Maratha power in India.
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D.
Battle of Gwalior
The Battle of Gwalior was a decisive 1858 engagement of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in which rebel forces briefly captured the strategic Gwalior fortress before being defeated by the British, marking one of the uprising’s final major clashes.
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E.
Battle of Ghaghra
The Battle of Ghaghra was a 1529 conflict in which the Mughal emperor Babur defeated Afghan and regional forces in eastern India, consolidating Mughal control after the earlier victories at Panipat and Khanwa.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Makwanpur Target entity description: The Battle of Makwanpur was a key 1816 engagement between the Kingdom of Nepal and the British East India Company that helped determine the outcome of the Anglo-Nepalese War and led to the signing of the Sugauli Treaty.
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A.
Battle of Koonch
The Battle of Koonch was a significant engagement during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in which rebel forces clashed with the British East India Company in present-day Uttar Pradesh.
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B.
Battle of Jaithak
The Battle of Jaithak was a key 1814–1815 engagement in the Anglo-Nepalese War, where Gorkha forces defended a strategic hill fort against British East India Company troops in the Himalayan foothills.
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C.
Battle of Khadki
The Battle of Khadki was a major 1817 engagement near Pune in which British forces decisively defeated the Maratha Empire, helping to bring about the end of Maratha power in India.
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D.
Battle of Gwalior
The Battle of Gwalior was a decisive 1858 engagement of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in which rebel forces briefly captured the strategic Gwalior fortress before being defeated by the British, marking one of the uprising’s final major clashes.
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E.
Battle of Ghaghra
The Battle of Ghaghra was a 1529 conflict in which the Mughal emperor Babur defeated Afghan and regional forces in eastern India, consolidating Mughal control after the earlier victories at Panipat and Khanwa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ |
| belligerent |
British East India Company
ⓘ
Kingdom of Nepal ⓘ |
| combatant |
British East India Company
ⓘ
Kingdom of Nepal ⓘ |
| conflict | Anglo-Nepalese War ⓘ |
| conflictType | colonial war battle ⓘ |
| consequence | led to the signing of the Sugauli Treaty ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Kingdom of Nepal
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| date | 1816 ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| followedBy | Treaty of Sugauli ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | British colonial expansion in South Asia ⓘ |
| involvedOrganization | British East India Company ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kingdom of Nepal
ⓘ
Makwanpur District ⓘ
surface form:
Makwanpur
|
| opponent |
British East India Company forces
ⓘ
Gorkhali forces ⓘ |
| partOf | Anglo-Nepalese War ⓘ |
| precedes | formal cession of territory under the Sugauli Treaty ⓘ |
| region | South Asia ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Treaty of Sugauli ⓘ |
| result | British victory ⓘ |
| significance |
decisive engagement of the Anglo-Nepalese War
ⓘ
helped determine the outcome of the Anglo-Nepalese War ⓘ |
| theatre | Himalayan frontier ⓘ |
| year | 1816 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Battle of Makwanpur Description of subject: The Battle of Makwanpur was a key 1816 engagement between the Kingdom of Nepal and the British East India Company that helped determine the outcome of the Anglo-Nepalese War and led to the signing of the Sugauli Treaty.
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