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  2. Kukri - Wikipedia

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    The kukri, khukri, and kukkri spellings are of Indian English origin. [3] [better source needed] The kukri is the national weapon of Nepal, traditionally serving the role of a basic utility knife for the Nepali-speaking Gurkhas, [4] and consequently is a characteristic weapon of the Nepali Army. [4]

  3. Khukri Rum - Wikipedia

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    Coronation Khukri XXX Rum (a.k.a. Coronation Khukri and Coronation Khukri Rum) was launched in 1974 to mark the coronation of the 12th King of Nepal, Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev. The bottle is shaped as a Nepalese Gurkha dagger Kukri. Coronation Khukri rum bottles are hand made and contain 375 millilitres of rum.

  4. Oligodon - Wikipedia

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    Image Common name Species Geographic range Status Source Western kukri snake, Malabar brown kukri snake: O. affinis. Günther, 1862. India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)

  5. Kukri (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    The kukri is a type of knife associated with the Gurkhas of Nepal. Kukri, Khukri, Khukuri, or Kukuri may also refer to: Kukri, Unnao, a village in India; Kukri Hills, a mountain range in Victoria Land; Kukri Peneplain, an unconformity in the Transantarctic Mountains; Oligodon, or kukri snake, a genus of snakes; Kukri Sports, a British sportwear ...

  6. Indian Gorkha - Wikipedia

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    Kukri is a traditional Gorkha knife.. Indian Gorkhas, also known as Nepali Indians, are an Indian ethno-cultural group who speak Nepali as a common language. They inhabit mainly the states of Sikkim, West Bengal, Northeast India and Uttarakhand, including their diaspora elsewhere in India and abroad.

  7. Oligodon albocinctus - Wikipedia

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    Oligodon albocinctus, also known as the light-barred kukri snake, is a species of colubrid snake. It is endemic to Asia . The species was first described by Theodore Cantor in 1839.

  8. List of snakes of South Asia (Colubridae) - Wikipedia

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    White-striped kukri snake Oligodon albocinctus India, Bangladesh, Myanmar; Common kukri snake Oligodon arnensis Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka; Templeton's kukri snake Oligodon calamarius Sri Lanka; Cantor's kukri snake Oligodon cyclurus Bangladesh, Eastern India; Spot-tailed kukri snake Oligodon dorsalis India, Bangladesh, Myanmar

  9. Gurkha - Wikipedia

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    Nepali soldiers; drawing by Gustave Le Bon, 1885 Monument to the Gurkha Soldier in Horse Guards Avenue, outside the Ministry of Defence, City of Westminster, London A khukuri, the signature weapon of the Gurkhas Kaji (equivalent to Prime Minister of Gorkha Kingdom) Vamshidhar "Kalu" Pande and Chief of the Gorkhali Army; one of the most highly decorated Gorkhali commanders