Global InformationGiri Prasad Burathoki information
Sardar Bahadur Giri Prasad Burathoki MBE, MC, OBI | |
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 Burathoki in uniform as an honorary major general of the Royal Nepal Army, wearing Nepali honours and British military decorations. | |
| Born | 1898 Bharse, Gulmi District, Nepal |
| Died | 1981 |
| Allegiance |  British India India Nepal |
| Service/ |  British Indian Army Indian Army Nepal Army |
| Rank | Honorary Major General, Royal Nepal Army Subedar-Major and Honorary Captain, Indian Army |
| Service number | 4838 |
| Unit | 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Order of Tri Shakti Patta Class I Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu Class I Member of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross Order of British India |
| Other work | Minister of Defence, His Majesty's Government of Nepal Minister for the portfolios of Agriculture, Food, Forest, Health, Industry and Commerce District Governor, Gulmi district Treasurer, Nepal Ex-Servicemen's Organisation |
Giri Prasad Burathoki (1898 - 1981) was an officer in the British Indian Army and later a Nepalese politician. He is noted for serving as the first Defence Minister of Nepal.