2. The Gurkhas or Gorkhas with endonym Gorkhali (Nepali: गो
रखाली) are soldiers native to the Indian
subcontinent of Nepalese nationality and ethnic Nepalis of
Indian nationality recruited for the British Army, Nepalese
Army, Indian Army, Gurkha Contingent Singapore, Gurkha
Reserve Unit Brunei, UN peacekeeping force and war zones
around the world. Historically, the terms "Gurkha" and
"Gorkhali" were synonymous with "Nepali", which
originates from the hill principality Gorkha Kingdom, from
which the Kingdom of Nepalexpanded under Prithivi
Narayan Shah. The name may be traced to the
medieval Hindu warrior-saint Guru Gorakhnath who has a
historic shrine in Gorkha The word itself derived from "Go-
Raksha" (Nepali: गोरक्षा), "raksha" becoming "rakha" (रखा).
"Rakhawala" means "protector" and is derived from
"raksha" as well.
3. During the Anglo-Nepalese War (1814–16)
between the Gorkha Kingdom (present-
day Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal)
and the East India Company, the Gorkhali
soldiers made an impression on the British,
who called them Gurkhas.
4. Its Gorkha Brigade (it changed the spelling)
now has 120,000 Gurkhas in forty-six
battalions. There are Gurkhas in the
Malaysian army and the Singapore Police
Force both bodies formed from ex-British
Army Gurkhas. Around 28,000 Gurkha youths
compete for just 200 places in the British
Army each year
5.
6. Gurkhas and the term
'Mercenary' Gurkhas are currently recruited
into the British Army under the 'Tripartite
Agreement' reached freely and honorably
between the Governments of Nepal, India and
the United Kingdom in 1947. They are regular
soldiers in the Armed Forces of all three
countries
7. Recruits (in Basic training); £15,230 a year.
Private: £18,859 a year. Lance
Corporal: £26,036 a year. Corporal: £30,364
a year
8. Its Gorkha Brigade (it changed the spelling)
now has 120,000 Gurkhas in forty-six
battalions. There are Gurkhas in the
Malaysian army and the Singapore Police
Force both bodies formed from ex-British
Army Gurkhas. Around 28,000 Gurkha youths
compete for just 200 places in the British
Army each
9. Gurkhas served as troops of the Company in
the Pindaree War of 1817, in Bharatpur, Nepal
in 1826, and the First and Second Sikh Wars
in 1846 and 1848. During the Sepoy Mutiny
in 1857, the Gurkha regiments remained loyal
to theBritish, and became part of
the British Indian Army on its formation.
10. Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE, FRGS (born 1 May
1946) is an English actress, former model, author
and activist. She won two BAFTA TV Awards for
her role as Patsy Stone in
the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012),
and was nominated for the 2011 Tony Award for
Best Featured Actress in a Play for
the Broadway revival of La Bête. In 2013, she
received the Special Recognition Award at
the National Television Awards and in 2017, she
was honored with the BAFTA Fellowship award.
11. Lakshya Bidhit
Today we learnt about
British Gorkha Army. I
really learnt a lot of
things cause I was
really into it more than
others. And I was really
enjoying it. The fact
about gorkha army was
good and I hope that
we will continue this
always.
As lakshya said I really
leant a lot of things
and I was also into it
but not much as
Lakshya. Ya the facts
were amazing , Hoping
that we will continue
like this always.
12. Nitesh
It was really fun doing
this research. We all
were in a team and we
learned a lot of thing
from this complication.
I hope in upcoming
class we will get to
know many more.
