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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Gorkha Kingdom: Kingdom of Kantipur: Victory. Battle of Makwanpur (1762) Gorkha Kingdom: Kingdom of Makawanpur Victory. Battle of Sindhuli ... World War II (1939–1945)
The battle occurred from 12 March to 21 June 1944 between the British force and Japanese forces. Three battalions of the 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles were involved in the battle. 184 were dead and 820 were wounded. The honour of Imphal was awarded to the Royal Gurkha Rifles, the antecedent regiment, after the battle. [7]
Battle of Nalapani was the first battle of the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814–1816, fought between the forces of the British East India Company and Nepal, then ruled by the Gorkha Kingdom. Nepalese women were heavily involved in this battle supporting the male Gurkha warriors. With no firearms in hand, Nepalese women fought British troops with ...
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Gorkha Kingdom (1 C, 1 P) ... Nepalese World War II recipients of the Victoria Cross (10 P) R. Royal Gurkha Rifles (2 C, 8 P) Royal Gurkha Rifles officers (58 P)