Second Battle of Khara

Second Battle of Khara
	Part of the Nepalese Civil War
Date	7–8 April 2005
Location	Khara, Rukum28°33′42″N 82°24′29″E / 28.56167°N 82.40806°E
Result	Royal Nepalese Army victory
Belligerents
Royal Nepalese Army Kha Company, Shree Bhairavi Dal Battalion; 11th Brigade; Nepal Police	People's Liberation Army Western Division; Central Division;
Commanders and leaders
Pyar Jung Thapa ; Maj. Hari Babu Bogati	Pushpa Kamal Dahal ; Nanda Kishor Pun ; Janardan Sharma ; Krishna Bahadur Mahara
Strength
≈ 166 troops including 25 Nepal Police personnel under unified command	≈ 6,000 insurgents
Casualties and losses
3 dead	≈ 300 dead

The Second Battle of Khara was fought on 7–8 April 2005 at an army base located in Khara, Rukum. It was a major battle of the Nepalese Civil War. The Royal Nepalese Army managed to successfully repulse the attack with minimal losses while the People's Liberation Army suffered heavy casualties.