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{{Short description|War fought between British India and Bhutan in 1864–1865}} | {{Short description|War fought between British India and Bhutan in 1864–1865}} | ||
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{{Infobox military conflict | {{Infobox military conflict | ||
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The fort, known at the time as [[Dewangiri]], at [[Deothang]] was dismantled by the British during 1865. The British initially suffered a humiliating defeat at Deothang and when they recaptured Dewangiri they dismantled the fortress there to deny its use to Bhutanese forces. | The fort, known at the time as [[Dewangiri]], at [[Deothang]] was dismantled by the British during 1865. The British initially suffered a humiliating defeat at Deothang and when they recaptured Dewangiri they dismantled the fortress there to deny its use to Bhutanese forces. | ||
The Duar War lasted only five months and, despite some battlefield victories by Bhutanese forces which included the capture of two howitzer guns, resulted in the loss of 20% of Bhutan's territory, and forced cession of formerly occupied territories.<ref>{{harvp|Phuntsho, The History of Bhutan| | The Duar War lasted only five months and, despite some battlefield victories by Bhutanese forces which included the capture of two howitzer guns, resulted in the loss of 20% of Bhutan's territory, and forced cession of formerly occupied territories.<ref>{{harvp|Phuntsho, The History of Bhutan|2013}}{{page needed|date=January 2021}}</ref> Under the terms of the Treaty of Sinchula, signed 11 November 1865, Bhutan ceded territories in the [[Assam]] [[Duars]] and [[West Bengal|Bengal]] [[Duars]], as well as the 83 km² of territory of Dewangiri in southeastern Bhutan, in return for an annual subsidy of 50,000 [[rupee]]s. The Treaty of Sinchula stood until 1910, when Bhutan and British India signed the [[Treaty of Punakha]], effective until 1947. | ||
==Treaty of Sinchula== | ==Treaty of Sinchula== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
* {{citation |last=Phuntsho |first=Karma |title=The History of Bhutan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aUDAAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT405 |year=2013 |publisher=Random House India |isbn=978-81-8400-411-3 |pages=405– |ref={{sfnref|Phuntsho, The History of Bhutan| | * {{citation |last=Phuntsho |first=Karma |title=The History of Bhutan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aUDAAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT405 |year=2013 |publisher=Random House India |isbn=978-81-8400-411-3 |pages=405– |ref={{sfnref|Phuntsho, The History of Bhutan|2013}}}} | ||
* {{citation |last=Rennie |first=Surgeon |title=Bhotan and the Dooar War |publisher=John Murray |year=1866 |url=https://archive.org/details/b29352150 |via=archive.org |ref={{sfnref|Rennie, Bhotan and the Dooar War|1866}}}} | * {{citation |last=Rennie |first=Surgeon |title=Bhotan and the Dooar War |publisher=John Murray |year=1866 |url=https://archive.org/details/b29352150 |via=archive.org |ref={{sfnref|Rennie, Bhotan and the Dooar War|1866}}}} | ||