The Battle of Grand Gulf was fought on April 29, 1863, during th: In 2013, approximately 208,000 foreign nationals were naturalised as British citizens, the highest number since 1962. This figure fell to around 125,800 in 2014. Between 2009 and 2013, the average number of British citizenships granted annually was 195,800. The most common previous nationalities of those naturalised in 2014 were Indian, Pakistani, Filipino, Nigerian, Bangladeshi, Nepali, Chinese, South African, Polish and Somali.[381] The total number of grants of settlement, which confer permanent residence in the UK but not citizenship,[382] was approximately 154,700 in 2013, higher than the previous two years.[381]