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British Gurkhas Nepal

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British Gurkhas Nepal (BGN) is an administrative organisation of the British Army. Following generations of territorial disputes between the successors...

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Gurkha

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School Gurkha Company (Tavoleto), Land Warfare Centre The Brigade of Gurkhas also has its own chefs posted among the above-mentioned units. Gurkhas were...

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Brigade of Gurkhas

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Brigade of Gurkhas is the collective name which refers to all the units in the British Army that are composed of Nepalese Gurkha soldiers. The brigade...

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Royal Gurkha Rifles

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Royal Gurkha Rifles (RGR) is a rifle regiment of the British Army, forming part of the Brigade of Gurkhas. Unlike other regiments in the British Army,...

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British Armed Forces

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Canada, British Army Training and Support Unit Belize, and British Gurkhas Nepal. Some British Overseas Territories also maintain locally raised units and...

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Burmese Gurkha

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the Gurkhas have lived in Burma for many centuries, it was during the British rule in Burma that the majority of the Gurkha migrated from Nepal. The...

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List of British Army installations

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March 2016. "British Gurkhas Nepal". Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original on 4 July 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015. "British Gurkhas and GCSPF...

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Gurkha Contingent

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Gurkha Contingent (GC) is a line department of the Singapore Police Force (SPF) consisting primarily of Gurkhas from Nepal, recruited by the British Army...

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Overseas military bases of the United Kingdom

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operations in the Middle East. Kathmandu, Nepal is home to the Headquarters British Gurkhas Nepal. The British Gurkha Camp in Pokhara is the main recruitment...

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List of Brigade of Gurkhas recipients of the Victoria Cross

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awarded the VC twice. The British Army's Brigade of Gurkhas, units composed of Nepalese soldiers—although originally led by British officers—has been a part...

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The Gurkha Welfare Trust

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Gurkhas contribute a day's pay to the Trust. In 1969, it was realised that a great number of Gurkha soldiers and their dependants or widows in Nepal faced...

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List of countries with overseas military bases

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Retrieved 20 June 2016. "The British Army in Africa". army.mod.uk/. Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 20 June 2016. "British Gurkhas and GCSPF recruiting". You...

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Gurkha Reserve Unit

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About 500 Gurkhas work for the Brunei Reserve Unit, the bulk of them are former members of the British Army and Singapore Police Force Ex Nepal and Indian...

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Nirmal Purja

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Nepal-born naturalised British mountaineer. Prior to taking on a career in mountaineering, he served in the British Army with the Brigade of Gurkhas followed...

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Gurkha Justice Campaign

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The Gurkha Justice Campaign was a successful political campaign group in the United Kingdom that sought for Gurkhas who served in the British military...

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Nepalese in the United Kingdom

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000 Nepalese-born people in the United Kingdom. From the first quarter of the 19th century, Gurkhas from Nepal served in the British Army, and Gurkha soldiers'...

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Nepali Army

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the British East-India Company started recruiting Nepali troops into their forces. The native British soldiers called the new soldiers "Gurkhas". The...

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Lachhiman Gurung

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(Nepali: लाछिमान गुरुङ; 30 December 1917 – 12 December 2010) was a NepaleseBritish Gurkha recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious...

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List of military operations involving Gurkhas

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Brigade of Gurkhas (United Kingdom), Gurkha Contingent (Singapore), Gorkha regiments (India), and other Gurkha armies but not by the Nepal Army. After...

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Tul Bahadur Pun

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was a Nepalese Gurkha recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth...

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Bhanbhagta Gurung

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September 1921 – 1 March 2008), also known as Bhanbhakta Gurung, was a Nepalese Gurkha recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award...

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Pokhara

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elite Gurkha soldiers, soldiers native to South Asia of Nepalese nationality recruited for the British Army, Nepalese Army, Indian Army, Gurkha Contingent...

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Terai hat

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Terai hat is a type of slouch hat associated with the Gurkhas and named after the Terai region in Nepal. It is created by fusing two hats into one to make...

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