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The state of Sikkim is the only state in India with a majority ethnic Nepali population. [17] The Sikkim census of 2011 found that Sikkim was the least populated state of India. Sikkim's population according to the 2011 Census was 610,577, and has grown by approximately 100,000 since the last census. [ 18 ]
Along with the Royal Green Jackets, the Gurkha regiments are among the most heavily decorated Commonwealth units. [5] In 1950, when India became a republic, Gurkhas serving in the Gurkha regiments of the Indian Army lost their eligibility for the Victoria Cross and they are now covered under the Indian honours system.
The Gurkhas or Gorkhas (/ ˈ ɡ ɜːr k ə, ˈ ɡ ʊər-/), with the endonym Gorkhali (Nepali: गोर्खाली ), are soldiers native to the Indian subcontinent, chiefly residing within Nepal and some parts of North India. [1] [2] The Gurkha units are composed of Nepali and Indian Gorkha, Nepali-speaking Indian people, and are ...
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.
In 1924, the regiment was honored with a Royal connection and redesignated as the 4th Prince of Wales' Own (PWO) Gurkha Rifles [4] and Edward Albert, the Prince of Wales, later the lovelorn King Edward VIII, was appointed as Colonel-in-Chief. [citation needed] In 1950, after India become a republic, the appellation PWO was discarded. [4]
The Gurkha forces were sent to Italy in May 1943, to prevent the Germans from advancing. Italy surrendered when the Allied troops invaded, but the German soldiers remained in the mountains of Italy. The Gurkhas reached Italy on 11 February 1944 as a part of the 4th Indian Division. They started an offensive on February 16 and 17.
Royal Gurkha Rifles, Rifle regiment of the British Army, forming part of the Brigade of Gurkhas. Gorkha regiments (India), regiments of the modern Indian Army enlisted in Nepal, successors of the Gurkhas of Britain's imperial Indian Army; Gurkha Contingent, a department of the Singapore Police Force; Gurkha Reserve Unit, a para-military force ...
Brigade of Gurkhas (est. 1815) — all units of the British Army composed of Nepalese Gurkha soldiers. They originally served in the British Indian Army as a military unit of the British Empire . Subcategories