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General Ashok Raj Sigdel (Nepali: अशोक राज सिग्देल; born 1 February 1967) is the present Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) of the Nepalese Army. [1] He took the oath from the President of Nepal on 9 September 2024. [2] He succeeded General Prabhu Ram Sharma. Sigdel was born on 1 February 1967, in Rupandehi. He was ...
According to historian Prem Singh Basnyat, the Rana rulers of Nepal unofficially convinced British authorities not to award the Victoria Cross to personnel from the Royal Nepal Army. This was because such personnel would then have to be shown appropriate respect by the Rana Prime Minister and other senior members of the ruling classes, which ...
Article 144 of Interim Constitution of Nepal states that the President of Nepal is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of Nepal Army. Currently as the President of Nepal Ram Chandra Poudel who assumed office on 13 March 2023, [3] is the current supreme commander of Nepal Army. Before the 2006 democracy movement in Nepal forced the King to restore ...
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 ...
The Directorate of Military Intelligence in Nepal is the Nepalese Army’s intelligence unit. [1] [2] With the head office at Military Headquarters in Kathmandu, DMI functions under a brigadier general of the army. DMI collects its intelligence from plainclothes military agents spread all over the country.
The origin and evolution of the defence administration of modern Nepal dates back to the unification of Nepal in 1770. From the foundation to until popular movement, the defence administration was directly overseen by the Crown itself. Before 1950, there was no division of duties between the Ministry and the Army headquarters.
On September 4, 1939 Nepal declared war on Germany in solidarity with the Allied Forces, assisting the United Kingdom as they had in World War I and the Indian Mutiny. Twelve regiments of Gurkha soldiers from Nepal were sent to fight in the British Indian Army. They arrived in India in March 1940. [1]
In addition, the army is planning to start an airplane pilot training school within the army. This will be the first aviation school to offer training within Nepal. This is a significant step because Nepal Army officer cadets previously had to go to Bangladesh and India and Philippines for aviation courses.