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  2. Kukri - Wikipedia

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    The kukri (English: / ˈ k ʊ k r i /) [2] or khukuri (Nepali: खुकुरी, pronounced) is a type of knife or short sword with a distinct recurve in its blade that originated in the Indian subcontinent. It serves multiple purposes as a melee weapon and also as a regular cutting/chopping tool throughout most of South Asia.

  3. Yama Buddha - Wikipedia

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    Yama Buddha was born on 30 May 1987 in Salakpur, Morang, Nepal to politician Ambika Prasad Adhikari and Urmila Adhikari as Anil Adhikari. [10] He lived in Salakpur, Morang for some years and moved to Kathmandu with his parents.

  4. Nepali Army - Wikipedia

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    Nepal Army's Guruju Paltan (a ceremonial infantry company) in traditional uniform Khukuri, Karda and Chakmak.Khukuri is the symbolic weapon of the Nepali Army. The Nepali Army (Nepali: नेपाली सेना, romanized: Nēpālī Sēnā), also referred to as the Gorkhali Army (गोरखाली सेना, Gōrakhālī Sēnā; see Gorkhas), is the land service branch of the ...

  5. Nepalese cuisine - Wikipedia

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    Nepali dal-bhat-tarkari 84 byanjan food with rice on a leaf platter Nepali-style momo with chili Nepali-style hot chicken chow mein. Nepali cuisine comprises a variety of cuisines based upon ethnicity, alluvial soil and climate relating to cultural diversity and geography of Nepal and neighboring regions of Sikkim and Gorkhaland.

  6. Brigade of Gurkhas - Wikipedia

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    Brigade of Gurkhas is the collective name which refers to all the units in the British Army that are composed of Nepalese Gurkha soldiers. [3] The brigade draws its heritage from Gurkha units that originally served in the British Indian Army prior to Indian independence, and prior to that served for the East India Company. [4]

  7. 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

  8. Khukri Rum - Wikipedia

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    Nepal Distilleries Private Limited started producing Khukri Rum in 1959 in Kathmandu, Nepal.Initially the company started distilling alcohol from pot stills.Those initial pot stills are on display in its factory premises and the company now uses three fractionating columns for distillation of alcohol.

  9. Khukri-class corvette - Wikipedia

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    Khukri the lead ship of the class was decommissioned after 32 years of service on 23 December 2021. [2] She has since been preserved as a museum ship in Diu, India.. During a meeting between the defence minister's of India and Vietnam, India decided to gift the Kirpan to the Vietnam People's Navy.