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Magar group, military tribe, Nepal Magar man, military tribe, Nepal. The first written history about the Magar people dates as far back as 1100 CE. [10] The Magars are one of the oldest known tribes in Nepal. Their ancient homeland was known as Magwar Bisaya, later called Magarat.
On 25–26 June 1944, at the age of twenty eight, Magar was an acting subedar of the 2nd Battalion of the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles in the Indian Army during World War II.He was in command of a small isolated hill post at Bishenpur, India when the Japanese army attacked in force.
Karanbahadur Rana was born at Mangalthan Gulmi, Litung, in the Baglung district of Nepal, and was a member of the Magar people.During the First World War he joined the 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles of the British Indian Army, and was posted to the regiment's 2nd battalion, then serving with the 75th Division in Palestine.
Lakhan Thapa Magar Lakhan Chowk at Pokhara. Lakhan Thapa Magar (1835–1877) was a Nepali revolutionary who resisted the rule of the Rana dynasty. The Nepalese government has declared him "the First Martyr of Nepal". [1] He was a king of Bungkot. [2] He rebelled against the rule of Jung Bahadur Rana. His close friend Jay Singh Chumi Magar was ...
Lalbahadur Thapa Magar VC (Nepali: लालबहादुर थापामगर; February 1906 – 19 October 1968) was a Nepali Gorkha recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
The Kham Magar of the upper Karnali basin and their brethren of the mid-hills of Nepal had a flourishing kingdom. Archaeological proof of their existence can be found in the western mid-hills of Nepal. The Magar have a strong military and warrior tradition. However, their hospitality and concern for their fellow human beings is legendary.
The 4th Gorkha Rifles or the Fourth Gorkha Rifles, abbreviated as 4 GR, is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army comprising Gurkha soldiers of Indian Gorkha or Nepalese nationality, especially Magars and Gurungs hill tribes of Nepal.
1st Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment), often referred to as the 1st Gorkha Rifles, or 1 GR in abbreviation, is the most senior Gorkha Infantry regiment of the Indian Army, comprising Gurkha soldiers of Indian Gorkha or Nepalese nationality, particularly from the Magars and Gurungs communities, who are hill tribes of Nepal.