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  2. Gorkha Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The Gorkha Kingdom, [b] also known as the Gorkha Confederation [c] or the Gorkha Empire, [d] was a member of the Chaubisi rajya, a confederation of 24 states, located at the intersection of Himalayas and the Indian subcontinent. In 1743, the kingdom began a campaign of military expansion, annexing several neighbors and becoming present-day ...

  3. Gurkha - Wikipedia

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    King of Gorkha Kingdom and founder of modern Gorkhali Force Maharajadhiraja Prithvi Narayan Shah, (1743–1775) consulting with his first Army Chief Senapati Shivaram Singh Basnyat (d. 1747) During the 1814–16 Anglo-Nepalese War between the Gorkha Kingdom and the East India Company, the Gorkhali soldiers impressed the British, who called them ...

  4. Liglig - Wikipedia

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    The battle of Liglig is of much importance in the Gorkha Kingdom, nomenclature of Gorkha and in the formation of the modern Nepal. King Drabya Shah was the founder of Gorkha Kingdom . It is also believed that Drabya Shah with the help of his friends secretly killed the local who were ahead of him and thus secured first position in the race.

  5. List of wars involving Nepal - Wikipedia

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    Kingdom of Nepal: Kingdom of Bhaktapur: Victory. Limbuwan Gorkha War (History of Sikkim) [2] (1771–1776) Kingdom of Nepal: Limbuwan: Victory. First Sino-Nepalese War (1788–1792) [3] Kingdom of Nepal Qing dynasty: Victory. Second Sino-Nepalese War (1792) Kingdom of Nepal Qing dynasty: Stalemate [4] [5] Gurkha-Sikh War (1809) Kingdom of Nepal

  6. List of Brigade of Gurkhas recipients of the Victoria Cross

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    The first award to a native Gurkha, Kulbir Thapa, was in 1915 during the First World War. When the Victoria Cross was initially established, Gurkhas, along with all other native troops of the British East India Company Army or the British Indian Army , were not eligible for the decoration and as such, until 1911, all of the Gurkha recipients of ...

  7. Battle of Nuwakot - Wikipedia

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    Gorkha was a petty kingdom in the confederation of Chaubisi rajya (24 principalities), located in present-day western Nepal founded by the brother of Narahari Shah of Lamjung, Dravya Shah, in 1599. [4] Later Ram Shah became the king of Gorkha and expanded the borders of the kingdom through marriage and wars. [4]

  8. List of military operations involving Gurkhas - Wikipedia

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    On 1 October 1987, the 4/5 Gorkha Rifles from Indian Army were deployed as peacekeepers to Sri Lanka. However, there they had to fight against the rebels. The Gurkha army first rescued the 13 Sikh Light Infantry and a team of 10 Para-commando. After the rescue operation, LTTE attacked the Gurkha army and the long battle started. The operation ...

  9. Nepal in World War II - Wikipedia

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    Gurkha soldiers march through Kure, Japan as part of the allied occupation force. When Japan went to war with the United Kingdom in December 1941, the British presence was threatened in the Indian subcontinent. Britain deployed its troops in India to the Burma front. Nepalese battalions – Arpan Chapai, Sher, Kali Bahadur and Jagannath - were ...