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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.
In 2009 the Indian Army had a Gorkha contingent that numbered around 42,000 men in 46 battalions, spread across seven regiments. Although their deployment is still governed by the 1947 Tripartite Agreement, in the post-1947 conflicts India has fought in, Gorkhas have served in almost all of them, including the wars with Pakistan in 1947, 1965 ...
Men of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) of the Indian Army operating alongside soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army in 2013 At the time of Indian Independence in 1947, as per the terms of the Britain–India–Nepal Tripartite Agreement, six Gorkha regiments, formerly part of the British Indian Army, became part of the Indian Army and have served ever since.
T. Anju Tamang; Binay Tamang; Chitiz Tamang; Madan Tamang; Nagen Tamang; Nim Dorjee Tamang; Palzor Tamang; Pemba Tamang; Prashant Tamang; Prem Singh Tamang; Ram Singh ...
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 ...
The Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh is committed to the vision of a Gorkha society in India, recognized and accepted as a dignified, cultured and patriotic society at par with any other civilized modern Indian society enjoying the full rights and privileges enshrined in the Indian Constitution.
Bishnu Shrestha (born 1975) is a Nepalese–Gurkha soldier in the Indian Army (7th battalion the 8th Gorkha Rifles) and recipient of the Sena Medal for bravery, [1] [2] and the Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak medal, [3] [4] both awarded for his gallant conduct during an armed train robbery.
The 11th Gorkha Rifles is a Gorkha regiment of the Indian Army that was re-raised after independence. The regiment consists of primarily the Kirant Tribes Rai , Limbu , Yakkha , Sunuwar of Eastern Nepal , Darjeeling , Kalimpong , Dooars of West Bengal , Sikkim and other parts of Northeast India .