Battle of Jaithak

Battle of Jaithak
Part of the Anglo-Nepalese War
Jaithak Fort c. 1820
Date 25 September 1815 Location Jaithak, India 30°35′45.35″N 77°20′13.93″E / 30.5959306°N 77.3372028°E / 30.5959306; 77.3372028 Result Kingdom of Nepal victory Major-General Martindell retired back
Belligerents
East India Company	Kingdom of Nepal
Commanders and leaders
Major-General Martindell Major Richards	Colonel Ranajor Singh Thapa Jaspao Thapa
Jaithak class=notpageimage| Location within Himachal Pradesh Show map of Himachal Pradesh Jaithak Jaithak (India) Show map of India

The Battle of Jaithak is the subsequent battle fought by the 53rd division of East India Company after the Battle of Nalapani against Nepalese forces. Nalapani had cost both sides dearly, but in Nahan and Jaithak, further West, they were to suffer more. Kazi Amar Singh Thapa’s son, Ranajor Singh Thapa, was in command there. Nahan had been left undefended. Ranajor Singh had orders from his father to retire to a position north of the Nahan town, and to occupy the surrounding heights and the fort of Jaithak, situated at a point where two spurs of mountainous ridges meet, and the peak at the intersection rises to a height of 3,600 feet above the level of the plains.^[1] Major-General Martindell, who had assumed command of the forces of Major-General Robert Rollo Gillespie, who had been killed during the Nalapani Fort siege, took possession of Nahan on 24 December 1814 and immediately set about preparations for the attack on Ranajor Singh's positions.^[1]