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	Science Fair Projects - Gurkha
		Gurkhas served as troops under contract to the East India Company in the Pindaree War of 1817, in Bhurtbore in 1826 and the First and Second Sikh Wars in 1846 and 1848.
		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.
		Between 1901 and 1906, the Gurkha regiments were renumbered from the 1st to the 11th and redesignated as Gurkha Rifles.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Gurkha (1703 words)

	GURKHA FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Gurkha (or Gorkha) are people from Nepal who take their name from the eighth_century Hindu warrior-saint Guru_Gorkhnath.
		The British were impressed by the Gurkha soldiers and began to regularly hire them as mercenaries organised into Gurkha regiments in the East India Company army, with the permission of then prime minister, Shree Teen (3) Maharja (Maharana) Jung Bahadur Rana, the first prime-minister and "Father" of modern Nepal.
		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.
	www.enablepay.com /Gurkha (1662 words)

	5th (Royal) Gurkha Rifles [India]
		5th Goorkha Regiment (or, Hazara Goorkha Battalion), PIF
		5th Goorkha Regiment (The Hazara Goorkha Battalion), PFF
		allocated to India at independence and partition, receiving 5th Bn from 6th Gurkha Rifles [its 3rd Bn], and 6th Bn from 7th Gurkha Rifles [its 3rd Bn]
	www.regiments.org /regiments/southasia/gurkha/05GR.htm (218 words)

	Articles - Gurkha
		The Thakur/Rajput breed of Gurkhas were entered as officers, one of whom, retired General Narendra Bir Singh, Gurkha Rifles, rose to become aide-de-camp (A.D.C.) to Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India.
		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.
		The Gurkha Contingent (GC) of the Singapore Police Force was formed on 9th April 1949 from selected ex-British Army Gurkhas.
	www.free-biz.org /articles/Gurkha (1708 words)

	Biography S
		This position (also known to the Gurkhas as “Nango”) was a strongly-held network of trenches and bunkers on high-ground east of the Tiddim-Fort White Road.
		Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force), the regiment in which his father, who had won a DSO in the First World War, and grandfather had served.
		Royal Gurkha Rifles Association from 1992 to 1995, and of the Cambridge branch of BLESMA (the British Limbless Ex-Servicemen’s Association) from 1964 to 1999.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/people/peoples.htm (1524 words)

	Agansing Rai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was 24 years old, and a Naik in the 2nd Bn., 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
		KATHMANDU, May 27- Agan Singh Rai, a Victoria Cross holder and one of the five surviving Gurkha to be decorated with the medal, passed away Saturday evening after a long battle with cancer.
		2/5th Gurkha Rifles was part of 48th Gurkha Brigade of the 17th Indian Division that played a major role against the Japanese forces in the Burma campaign during 2WW.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Agansing_Rai (511 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Lieutenant-Colonel 'Tich' Harvey
		Harvey was commissioned into the 9th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; he volunteered for the Indian Army's Gurkha brigade and was posted to the 1st Battalion, 1st Gurkha Rifles, at Dharamsala in the Himalayan foothills.
		The 5th Gurkhas were to become part of the new Indian Army and Harvey managed to obtain a transfer to 2nd Battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles (later 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles), whom he joined in Malaya at the beginning of the Emergency.
		He commanded 2nd/6th Queen's Own Gurkhas in Borneo in 1963 during the Indonesian "Confrontation" and was appointed OBE at the end of his three-year tour and decorated by a grateful Sultan of Brunei.
	news.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/04/21/db2102.xml (877 words)

	VCs
		Lieutenant Grant, followed by Havildar Karbir Pun, 8th Gurkha Rifles, at once attempted to scale it, but on reaching the top he was wounded and hurled back, as was also the Havildar, who fell down the rock some 30 feet.
		This officer, together with one Gurkha officer and eight men, crossed a river and immediately rushed the enemy's trench under heavy bombing, rifle, machine gun, and artillery fire.
		The great bravery of this Gurkha soldier was instrumental in saving the lives of many of his companions and his outstanding devotion to duty contributed largely to the severe reverse which the enemy eventually suffered when our troops counter-attacked...".
	www.army.mod.uk /brigade_of_gurkhas/hqbg/vcs (4427 words)

	British Empire: Armed Forces: Units: Gurkhas: 5th Gurkha Rifles
		Overall, the 5th had shown such courage and hardiness that when Sir Frederick Roberts became Lord Roberts of Kandahar he chose for heraldic supporters of his new coat of arms two hillmen, a Seaforth Highlander (72nd) and a 5th Gurkha.
		The third VC for the 5th was won on 20th Dec 1891 by Lt. Manners-Smith who was on the Indian Staff Corps attached to the 5th Gurkhas.
		The 5th was given the title of 'Royal' in 1921 and permitted to wear a red lanyard instead of a green and fl one.
	www.britishempire.co.uk /forces/armyunits/gurkha/5thgurkhas.htm (1796 words)

	MICHAEL ALLMAND VC
		The VC remained in the possession of the family until the 22nd July 1991 when it was donated to the Regimental Trust of the 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles by Michael Allmand's brother and eldest sister at a ceremony held in Hong Kong.
		At the same time the Regimental Trust also decided to donate to the Gurkha Museum, the VC awarded to Rifleman Tulbahadur Pun, 3rd Bn, 6th Gurkha Rifles, who won his VC on the 23rd June 1944 in the vicinity of Mogaung, the same place as Michael Allmand's heroic action.
		Captain Allmand was commanding the leading platoon of a Company of the 6th Gurkha Rifles in Burma on 11th June 1944, when the Battalion was ordered to attack the Pin Hmi Road Bridge.
	www.stewart.prestel.co.uk /bballman.htm (669 words)

	VCs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		He was hit again an again by bursts of fire, but he reached the bunker and silenced the gun with a grenade which he threw through the slit.
		His father was Tibetan, his mother Nepalese, and he only got into the Gurkhas because they let slip their usually stringent ethnic criteria in wartime (submitted by Dominick Donald).
		His two comrades were also badly wounded, but the rifleman, now alone and disregarding his wounds, loaded and fired his rifle with his left hand for four hours, calmly waiting for each attack which he met with fire at point blank range.
	www.burmastar.org.uk /vcs.htm (3681 words)

	Gurkha Rifles
		The Gurkha Rifles, 5th Gurkha Rifles at Peiwar Kotol, 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles, 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles and 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles shown in battle scene military prints and military uniform prints by Douglas Anderson.
		5th Gurkha Rifles at the Battle of Peiwar Kotal 1878 by Vereker Hamilton
		The painting shows the 5th Gurkha's advancing uphill in the Kurrum Valley against large odds during their advance to Kabul.
	www.regimental-art.com /new_page_4.htm (739 words)

	Gaje Ghale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A ROTUND, smiling and ever-cheerful Gurkha from Western Nepal, Gaje Ghale won his Victoria Cross during a battle in the Chin Hills near Imphal in 1943.
		Gaje was enlisted as a boy into the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) in 1936.
		He maintained the closest links with his former British officers of the 5th Gurkhas, and visited England on a number of occasions under the auspices of the VC and GC Association.
	www.phatnav.com /wiki/index.php?title=Gaje_Ghale (1000 words)

	JOHN COOK VC
		The Victoria Cross and campaign medals awarded to Captain John Cook, 5th Gurkha Rifles, were sold at auction on the 17th September 2004, by the London auctioneers Dix Noonan Webb for the sum of £82,000.
		On the 24th September 1878 the 5th Gurkhas were warned for active service, and in October proceeded from Abbottabad to Thal, were it joined Sir Frederick Robert's Kurram Valley Field Force.
		The headstone of Major John Cook, VC, 5th Gurkha Rifles, is still in very good condition, as are the headstones of five other British officers buried in the cemetery.
	www.victoriacross.org.uk /bbcookj.htm (1234 words)

	Gaje Ghale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		He was 20 years old, and a Havildar in the 2nd Bn., 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
		The action in which he won his VC was fought in the final phase of 17th Indian Division's withdrawal and life-and-death struggle with the Japanese 33rd Division on the Tiddim Road on May 27, 1943.
		He maintained the closest links with his former British officers of the 5th Gurkhas, and visited England on a number of occasions under the auspices of the VC & GC Association.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/G/Gaje-Ghale.htm (1036 words)

	Gurkha I.O.M.
		Gurkha I.O.M. Gurkha I.O.M. This Gurkha officer, from a photograph of an unknown photographer, is from a group photograph taken during the visit of the King-Emperor and Queen-Empress to Delhi in 1911 for the Durbar.
		The figure standing immediately behing the seated Gurkha who is shown in detail below is King George V; Queen Mary is to his right (he is, in essence, seated at their feet).
		Only three Gurkha regiments were eligible for the Kabul to Kandahar Star: 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles), 4th Prince of Wales Own Gurkha Rifles, and 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force).
	faculty.winthrop.edu /haynese/india/medals/IOM/gurkha.html (675 words)

	news.mod.uk - Latest News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		On 20 December, Captain Channer, 1st Gurkha Rifles, distinguished himself leading a reconnaissance of a stockaded fortification in the jungle - seeing an opportunity, he and his men seized a position that would otherwise have required a difficult and bloody bayonet assault.
		The expedition concluded the following spring, with the execution of the murderers and the appointment of a regent in the Sultanate.
		He and his men were exposed to enemy fire for four hours before finally reaching the summit, whereupon Smith, the first man to the top, rushed an enemy sangar and killed its occupants.
	news.mod.uk /news_headline_story.asp?newsItem_id=1297 (424 words)

	Khukuri House :: Gurkha VC Holders
		This Gurkha Officer continued to fight his way up the narrow bullet-swept approaches to the crest.
		Sprred on by the irresistible will of their leader to win, the platoon stormend and carried the hill bu a magnificent all out effort and inflicited very heavy casualties on the japanese.
		Wave after wave of fanatical attacks were thrown in by the enemy during the next four hours and all were repulsed with heavy casualties...
	www.thekhukurihouse.com /Content/VCHolders.php (1536 words)

	British Army Regimental badges for sale:
		With the Indian Independence of 1947, four Regiments of Gurkha Rifles transferred to the British Army with the remainder continuing in the new Indian Army.
		In 1948 the following four Regiments were constituted as the Brigade of Gurkhas and became part of the British Army: 2nd,6th,7th and 10th Gurkha Rifles.
		As part of the Options for change package instituted in the 1990's all four Gurkha Regiments merged into a new Regiment The Royal Gurkha Rifles, and adopted the new badge.
	www.egframes.co.uk /gurkhas1.htm (248 words)

	news.mod.uk - News Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		During the action, Captain Cook, 5th Gurkha Rifles, won the Victoria Cross during fierce hand-to-hand fighting.
		The Afghan defenders were outflanked, and the pass forced.
		Lieutenant Boisragen, serving with the 5th Gurkha Rifles, led the assault, and the fort was duly captured.
	news.mod.uk /news/press/news_press_notice.asp?newsItem_id=2177 (246 words)

	Victoria Crosses have been won by Gurkha Regiments
		When these arrived some hours later they too became casualties, but the subadar, undeterred, retrieved the ammunition himself and took the offensive with grenades and kukris, until he was killed.
		On 18 and 19 September 1944 at San Marino, Italy, when a company of the 9th Gurkha Rifles encountered bitter opposition from a German prepared position, Rifleman Sher Bahadur Thapa and his section commander, who was afterwards badly wounded, charged and silenced an enemy machine-gun.
		The rifleman then went on alone to the exposed part of a ridge where, ignoring a hail of bullets, he silenced more machine-guns, covered a withdrawal and rescued two wounded men before he was killed.
	www.nepalesekhukuri.com /vcs.html (1754 words)

	Gurkha
		Bappa Rawal took his Gurkhas and liberated Afghanistan (originally named Ghandhar) and stopped the Islamic advance for the time being (Eight Century A.D.).[Reference: Dr. Sumerendra Vir Singh Chauhan, M.D.- Direct descendant of Shri Teen Mahraja Maharana Jung Bahadur and Maharaja Dhiraja Prithvi Narayan Shahdev][Dr. Joseph T. O'Connell, Prof.
		After the British left India, many of the Thakur/Rajput Gurkhas refused to serve the British, but allowed other Gorkhalis to continue seeking employment in British forces.[Reference: Dr. Sumerendra Vir Singh Chauhan, M.D.- Direct descendant of Maharana Jung Bahadur and Maharaja Dhiraj Prithvi Narayan Shahdev][Dr. Joseph T. O'Connell, Prof.
		See also: Gurkha, 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles, 11th Gorkha Rifles, 1500s, 1769, 1814, 1816, 1817, 1826
	encyclopedie-en.snyke.com /articles/gurkha.html (1620 words)

	Auction Activity
		This is the group to Sergeant Alfred Richards of the 1st Lancashire Fusiliers and awarded for gallantry during the landings on W Beach, Cape Helles, Gallipoli.
		The Outstanding Victoria Cross Group of Thirteen to Subedar-Major and Honorary Captain Agansing Rai, 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles, for `Indomitable Courage' during the Battle of Imphal a) Victoria Cross, reverse of suspension bar engraved '63219 Rfmn.
		After a preliminary artillery concentration, the company went in to attack but on reaching a false crest about 80 yards from its objective, it was pinned down by heavy and accurate fire from a machine-gun in "Mortar Bluff" and a 37 millimetre gun in the jungle, suffering many casualties.
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	AGANSING RAI VC
		Agansing Rai was born in Amsara in east Nepal on 24 April 1920.
		He enlisted in the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) in 1941 and, after joining the 2nd battalion, soon became a section commander with the rank of naik (corporal).
		On the morning of June 25, C Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) was ordered to recapture an enemy position dominating the track.
	www.stewart.prestel.co.uk /bbrai.htm (596 words)

	CAPTAIN GAJE GHALE VC
		Captain Ghale was born in Barabak Village, Gorkha District, Nepal on the 1st July 1922 and joined the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) in 1936.
		Spurred on by the irrestibile will of their leader to win, the platoon stormed and carried the hill by a magnificent effort and inflicted heavy casualties on the Japanese.
		His VC was presented to him by the Viceroy, Field Marshall Lord Wavell in 1944, and he was a member of his regiment's contingent at the Victory Parade in London.
	www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk /stewart/bbghale.htm (514 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Search Results Books: Gurkha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Gurkhas at War: The Gurkha Experience in Their Own Words, World War II to the Present
		History of the 5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) 1858-1928
		Rifleman to colonel: The memoirs of Major Gajendra Malla, 9th Gurkha Rifles
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/external-search?mode=books-uk&keyword=Gurkha&tag=professionalrese (140 words)

	Subedar Netra Bahadur Thapa, VC, Indian Airforce (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Subedar Netra Bahadur Thapa was in command of a garrison of 2/5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) which on the afternoon of 25th June 1944 took over an isolated picquet (Mortar Bluff) on the hillside commanding the base at Bishenpur in Burma.
		The garrison was harassed by enemy snipers at close range.
		True to the traditions of the'service and his race, Subedar Thapa had fought against overwhelming odds for eight hours before being killed.
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