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	Gurkha - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The 60th Rifles (later the Royal Green Jackets) fought alongside the Sirmoor Rifles and were so impressed that following the mutiny they insisted 2nd Gurkhas be awarded the honours of adopting their distinctive rifle green uniforms with scarlet edgings and rifle regiment traditions and that they should hold the title of riflemen rather than sepoys.
		The 1st Battalion of the 11th Gorkha Regiment fought in the 1999 Kargil Conflict for India.
		In 1999 5/8 Gorkha Rifles were sent as part of the Indian Army UN contingentof the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) to secure the diamond fields against the Revolutionary United Front.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Gorkha (2804 words)

	Gorkha Rifles in Ieper - By Mahesh Thapa : home
		Gorkha is 25km north of the road between Pokhara and Kathmandu.
		As the Gorkha kingdom expanded eastward across the Himalayas to Sikkim, the king's warriors, taken from all groups in the area, came to be known as Gurkha soldiers.
		How many soldiers of GR were here was unknown.The record doesn’t show how many members of gorkha rifles were here in ieper, but we can see some of the name who died during that war.
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	11 Gorkha Rifles
		Regimental Insignia: A pair of crossed Khukris (a Gorkha dagger) with the Roman numeral XI in-between.
		Troops of the 7th and 10th Gorkha Rifles hailed from Eastern Nepal and were mainly of Rai and Limbu ethnic groups.
		Troops from the 7th and 10th Gorkha Rifles opted against the transfer to the British Army in large numbers.
	www.bharat-rakshak.com /LAND-FORCES/Army/Regiments/11Gorkha.html (905 words)

	Gurkha - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Gurkha (or Gorkha) are people from Nepal who take their name from the eighth century Hindu warrior-saint Guru Gorkhnath.
		He then told Bappa Rawal and his Gorkhas to stop the advance of the Muslim invaders who were invading Afghanistan (which at that time was a Hindu/Buddhist nation), converting the masses at the edge of a sword to their religion, slaughtering those who refused to convert and destroying many Hindu/Buddhist temples.
		In 1999 5/8 Gorkha Rifles were sent as part of the Indian Army UN contingent to Sierra Leone to secure the diamond fields against the Revolutionary United Front.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Gorkha (1721 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> fr:Gurkha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Gurkhas are best known for their history of bravery and strength in the British Army Brigade of Gurkhas and the Indian Army.
		According to Nepali Historical record, a hilly place Gorkha was kingdom of Magar native kirat/kirant tribes of Gorkha, Nepal.
		In 1999 5/8 Gorkha Rifles were sent as part of the Indian Army UN contingent of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) to secure the diamond fields against the Revolutionary United Front.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/fr:Gurkha (3003 words)

	11th Gorkha Rifles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 11th Gorkha Rifles is a Gorkha regiment of the Indian Army.
		The 11th Gurkhas was originally founded in 1918 through the amalgamation together of companies of the other Gurkha regiments and the Garhwal Rifles.
		In the event, large numbers of men from the 7th Gurkha Rifles and the 10th Gurkha Rifles, which recruited predominantly from Eastern Nepal, decided not to join their regiments as part of the British Army.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/11th_Gorkha_Rifles (305 words)

	Gurkha - MarkovPedia, the future encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		During the same scale as mere soldiers and rifle regiment would be paid on the 69th Gurkha Field Squadron and abide by Ian Austin and the respect of the case for which all invaders and Shamanism.
		The Mewar Encyclopedia, Compiled, written and his Gorkhas to British citizenship to the jungles of Sri Teen (3) Maharaja Jung Bahadur Rana Prime-minister and the same cannot be seen patrolling the first Rana dynasty of the Chindits.
		The 60th Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) (raised 1817, in the relief of the ultimate objective.
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	Gurkha - MarkovPedia, the future encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bappa Rawal, born Prince of the 11th Gorkha and conditions that Gurkhas entered as mercenaries organised in the same scale as the laughter with claims that some ex-army Nepalese “kirat tribes” were won 99% battles in the ultimate objective.
		Gorkha Rifles, rose to recognize Nepal as a full British Indian Army were sent as a choice between British in 1919 followed by Armet Armored Vehicles, Inc. [4]
		The Tripartite Agreement, six Gurkha Rifles, was kingdom of the battlefields of the Battle of Sacrifice: The Guru Gorakhnath.
	www.markovpedia.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Gurkha (2659 words)

	Ghurka Resources & Information - ghurka knife
		When the Guru Gorkhnath awoke he was pleased with the devotion of Bappa Rawal, gave Bappa the Khukri sword (the famous curved dagger of the present day Gurkha), and instructed Bappa that he and his people would henceforth be called Gurkhas (the disciples of the Guru Gorkhanath) and their bravery would be world-famous.
		He then told Bappa Rawal and his Gorkhas to stop the advance of the Islamic invaders who were invading Afghanistan (which at that time was a Hindu/Buddhist nation), converting the masses at the edge of a sword to their religion, slaughtering those who refused to convert and destroying many Hindu/Buddhist temples.
		In ghurka kukri 1999 5/8 Gorkha Rifles were sent as part of the Indian Army UN contingent of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) to secure the diamond fields against the Revolutionary United Front.
	www.bizhisto.com /Biz-Retail-Companies-Ge---H/Ghurka.html (1961 words)

	Ghurkas
		There was little battle here since the Gorkha force was so superior but the fact that the British Officers had remained to try to hold their ground and had not fled greatly impressed the Gorkhas.
		For about a year the Gorkhas held Young captive but during this year the Gorkhas developed a sincere and deep respect for Young and the British fighting spirit which much resembled their own.
		Gorkha Rifles with 6 battalions, the 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) with 6 battalions, the
	www.himalayan-imports.com /faq/Ghurkas.htm (2510 words)

	Features- Change Of Guard At IGAR(S): A Military Case Review
		Commissioned into the Garhwal Rifles Regt in 1970, Maj Gen BK Chengappa is a 1971 Indo-Pak war veteran and had served as a Garhwal Rifles battalion commander in Churachandpur district in early 1990s.
		It is worth mentioning that the Garhwal Rifles and the Gorkha Rifles (the present regt of Maj Gen BS Ghotra who is the first IGAR(s) in Manipur) are the most decorated regiments in the Indian Army.
		The Garhwal Rifles had won as many as 30 Battle-Honors and the gallantry awards are: 3 Victoria Crosses (the highest military award in the British Empire); 4 Mahavir Chakras (the 2nd highest in India); 52 Vir Chakras; 13 Kirti Chakras and 1 Ashok Chakra in its chequered history.
	www.manipuronline.com /Features/October2006/changeofguard01_1.htm (1708 words)

	News Digest
		Within two years of his enrolment into the 7th Gorkha Rifles in 1942, Ganju Lama was in the thick of battle in Burma fighting the Japanese.
		At the time of partition, Ganju Lama preferred to remain with the Indian Army than to go with the 7th Gorkha Rifles in which he had an equally distinguished career and rose to the highest rank of Subedar Major and Honorary Captain.
		The 11th Gorkha Rifles, the regiment he served till retirement, remained his first love.
	mod.nic.in /samachar/15aug2000/html/nd.htm (603 words)

	Ganju Lama: obituaries
		After Indian Independence in 1947, Ganju Lama joined the 11th Gorkha (as it is spelt in the Indian army) Rifles, a regiment formed from Gurkhas of the 7th and 10th Gurkha Rifles who had decided to continue their services in India instead of joining the British Army.
		While sometimes displayed in acts of great gallantry, the courage of these "bravest of the brave" was typically manifest in a relentless determination to go on killing the enemy, irrespective of the loss of immediate comrades or virtually certain death.
		The battalion's task was to clear the Japanese from a complex of bunkers and road blocks impeding the advance of the 17th Indian Division to relieve Imphal.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/538125/posts?page=3 (1992 words)

	Defence Talk Forum - View Single Post - 11 Gurkha Rifles in training (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Gurkha (or Gorkha) are a people from Nepal who take their name from the former city-state of Gorkha, which went on to found the Kingdom of Nepal later on.
		Between 1901 and 1906, the Gurkha regiments were renumbered from the 1st to the 10th and redesignated as Gurkha Rifles.
		The nationality status of Gurkhas and their families has also been in dispute, with claims that some ex-army Nepalese families are being denied residency and forced to leave Britain.
	www.defencetalk.com /forums/showpost.php?p=33066&postcount=6 (862 words)

	EnciclopedyGurkha - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		By 1769, the Gorkha dynasty had taken over the area of modern Nepal.
		Four Gurkha regiments which joined the British Army on January 1 1948 were the 2nd, 6th, 7th, and 10th Gurkha Rifles.
		During Indian independence in 1947, the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, and 11th Gorkha Rifles, became part of the Indian Army.
	www.adago.com /Gurkha.html (856 words)

	Armed Forces on Indian Stamps - Thematic
		Issued in 1990 to mark the 50th Anniversary of the 3rd and 5th Battalions of the 5th Gorkha Rifles.
		Issued in 1991 to mark the 90th Anniversary of the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Gorkha Rifles.
		Issued in 1995 on the 175th Anniversary of the 5th Battalion (Napiers), Rajputana Rifles.
	www.indiapicks.com /stamps/Forces/Forces_Main.htm (1305 words)

	Article - The 11th Gurkha Rifles
		The new regiment, initially designated as the 11th Gurkha Rifles, was to consist of four battalions raised from drafts from those Gurkha battalions already serving in Mesopotamia and Palestine.
		The decision was not, at first, popular with the British Officers of the regiments affected most of whom would have preferred to see the additional battalions formed within the existing regiments.
		However, the decision went ahead and, in May 1918, ~the 11th Gurkha Rifles was formed.
	www.king-emperor.com /article3.htm (1320 words)

	Defence Talk Forum - 11 Gurkha Rifles in training (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		gorkhas cutting human heads(preferably pakistani heads with their khukris).
		are there any pictures of gorkhas cutting human heads(preferably pakistani heads with their khukris).i would realy love to see them,by the way i think the gorkhas are nothing compared to the naga regiment(the regiment of head hunters).
		Loyalty from the Local populations has to be earned not won by pointing Rifles at there faces and intimidating them into acceptance.
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	Gurkhas : Nepali Warriors - Himalayan Imports / BirGorkha Khukuri (Nepal)
		Sonam whose father was a Gorkha commander commented he had never seen any formal training during his many years of living in Gorkha camps.
		In case of the failure of rifle or in finishment of the bullets too he used Khukuri against his enemy or say opponent.
		As Pala mentioned most of his Gorkha service was devoted to keeping the integrity of international borders and a few special ops assignments because of his language ability.
	www.himalayan-imports.com /gurkha.html (4966 words)

	J P Dutta's LOC reminds of Kargil heroes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Major Vikas Vohra, Vir Chakra (Armaan Kohli): Major Vohra of 13 JAK Rifles was one of the architects of the crucial capture of the Point 5140 in the Drass sector.
		Colonel Lalit Rai, Vir Chakra (Sudesh Berry): On July 2, 1999, Colonel Lalit Rai of the Gorkha Rifles was tasked to capture the formidable Khalubar hill.
		Colonel M B Ravindranath, Vir Chakra (Ashish Vidyarthi):Colonel Ravindranath of the 2 Rajputana Rifles was the commander of an infantry regiment which led the assault on Tololing Top.
	www.indiafm.com /feature/03/nov/1111loc/index.shtml (1666 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Rajasthan and Punjab folk music presente by the troops of 11th Gorkha Rifles Regimental Centre (GRRC) kept the 4000-strong audience mesmerised.
		Military Bands of 11th Gorkha Rifles Regimental Centre (GRRC), Lucknow, Grenadier Regimental Centre, Jabalpur, BEG and Centre, Roorkee, Punjab Regimental Centre, Ramgarh as well as Pipes and Drums of AMC Centre and School, Lucknow, Rajput Regimental Centre, Fatehgarh, Dogra Regimental Centre, Faizabad, JAK Rifles Regimental Centre, Jabalpur and others played several well-known tunes.
		At a simple and austere ceremony, Mrs Kiran Nandrajog presented a cheque of Rs 51000 as financial assistance to the ailing girl who is undergoing kidney transplant at the Command Hospital.
	mod.nic.in /samachar/june15-06/h9.htm (497 words)

	Total War Center Forums - Greatest Warrior
		When the Guru Gorkhanath awoke he was pleased with the devotion of Bappa Rawal's service, gave him the Kukri sword (the famous curved dagger of the present day Gurkha) and told him that he and his people would henceforth be called Gurkhas (the disciples of the Guru Gorkhanath) and their bravery will be world-famous.
		He (Guru Gorkhanath) then told Bappa Rawal and his Gorkhas to stop the onslaught by the Muslim invaders who at this point were invading Afghanistan and were in the process of converting the masses by the edge of their swords and destroying all temples.
		It is a huge misconception that the Gurkhas took their name from the provinicial state of Gorkha, located in Nepal.
	www.twcenter.net /forums/showthread.php?t=22696 (2815 words)

	eBay.co.uk Shops — 11th, Football Programmes, Non-Fiction Books, Militaria — original items at bargain prices. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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	Gurkha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Gurkha Soldiers (1896) Gurkha (or Gorkha) are people from Nepal who take their name from the eighth century Hindu warrior-saint Guru Gorkhnath.
		Emeritus, South Asian Studies Dept. University of Toronto] It is a misconception that the Gurkhas took their name from the provinicial state of Gorkha, located in Nepal.
		Kukri knife Gurkha Soldiers have won 13 Victoria Crosses, all but one (Rambahadur Limbu) were won when all Gurkha regiments were still part of the Indian Army.
	gurkha.iqnaut.net (1533 words)

	Defenceindia : A Tribute : Lt. Nawang H. Kapadia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Lt Nawang Kapadia, who was commissioned on September 2, 2000 in the Fourth Battalion the Third Gorkha Rifles, died while gallantly fighting Pakistan based terrorists in the jungles of Rajwar in Kupwara district of Srinagar on 11th November 2000.
		It was a proud moment indeed at the Passing Out Parade on 2nd of September 2000 when his family and friends saw him receiving his Lieutenant stars on commissioning to the prestigious Fourth Battalion The Third Gorkha Rifles.
		From his early childhood, Nawang had imbibed the best adventurous talents of his parents, both of whom have many achievements under their belt.
	www.defenceindia.com /defenceind/nawang.html (1015 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Indian Army
		RFI (Rifle Factory,Ishapore) SLR1A 7.62mmx51mm NATO Assault Rifle, This old work horse has now more or less been retired from IA service, most going to the police after reconditioning.
		Romanian MPiKM series 7.62mmx39mm, these are Romanian clones of the earstwhile East German rifles.
		The HandK PSG-1 sniping rifle serves with the NSG anti-terrorist units while small numbers of the Steyr Mannlicher SSG69 serve with the para-military Border Security Force(BSF)
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Indian_Army (4220 words)

	The Garhwal Rifles
		Garhwalis were taken in military service by the British as early as 1815.
		In April 1887, the raising of the 2/3 Gorkha Rifles was ordered with a class composition of six Garhwali and two Gorkha companies.
		In 1891, the two Gorkha Companies were separated and the remaining six Garhwali companies were re-designated as the 39th Garhwal Regiment of the Bengal Infantry.
	www.bharat-rakshak.com /LAND-FORCES/Army/Regiments/Garhwal.html (293 words)

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