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Nepali (Indian Gurkhas or Gurkha,Gorkha) are people who migrated from Nepal to India century ago during First and Second Anglo-Sikh Wars in 1846 and 1848, Gurkhas fought on the British side, and became part of the British Indian Army.
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Gurkha Regiment History
From the end of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 until the start of the First World War the Gurkha Regiments saw active service in Burma, Afghanistan, the North-East and the North-West Frontiers of India, Malta (the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78), Cyprus, Malaya, China (the Boxer Rebellion of 1900) and Tibet (Younghusband's Expedition of 1905).
Between 1901 and 1906, the Gurkha regiments were renumbered from the 1st to the 10th and redesignated as the Gurkha Rifles. One hundred thousand Gurkhas fought in the First World War. They served in the battlefields of France in the Loos, Givenchy, Neuve Chapelle and Ypres; in Mesopotamia, Persia, Suez Canal and Palestine against Turkish advance, Gallipoli and Salonika. One detachment served with Lawrence of Arabia.
After Indian independence – and partition – in 1947 and under the Tripartite Agreement, six Gurkha regiments joined the post-independence Indian Army. Four Gurkha regiments were transferred to the British Army. To the disappointment of their British officers the majority of Gurkhas given a choice between British or Indian Army service opted for the latter.
The motto of the Gurkha
Better to die than be a coward
Gurkhas in India
There are more than 10 million Nepali Language speaking Indian citizens living in Darjeeling, Sikkim, West Bengal, Assam, Bhaksu in Punjab and Dehradun, who are already integrated into Indian mainstream. Most of them would like to be called as Gorkhas, Darjeelingay or Sikkimese. They number nearly fifty percent of Nepal's population.
References
- Gurkhas In Kargil and Kosovo
- Wikipedia.org - few Summery taken from Wikipedia org, unless modified.