The Gurkhas or Gorkhas are the officers of Nepalese nationality enrolled in British Army, Indian Army, Gurkha Contingent Singapore, Gurkha Reserve Unit Brunei, UN Peace Keeping power and combat areas around the globe. Verifiably, the expressions "Gurkha" and "Gorkhali" were synonymous with "Pahari", and gotten from the slope town and area of Gorkha from which the Kingdom of Nepal extended under Prithivi Narayan Shah which along these lines likewise prompt to an arrangement of Gorkhaland and Indian Gorkha ethnic gathering in India. The name might be followed to the medieval Hindu warrior-holy person Guru Gorakhnath who has a noteworthy sanctuary in Gorkha. The word itself got from Go-Raksha, raksha getting to be rakha. Rakhawala implies defender and is gotten from raksha also.
Ethnically, Khas or Chhetri, Gurung, Thakuri
also, Magar primarily were the Gorkha tribes who joined past Gorkha kingdom and battled against the British attacks. However, today, Gorkha warriors generally have a place with the Gurung, Magar, Rai, Limbu and Sunuwar, and a modest bunch of Chhetri; there is no ethnicity based confinement to join. There are Gurkha military units in the Nepalese, British and the Indian armed force enrolled in Nepal, United Kingdom, and India. In spite of the fact that they meet a large portion of the necessities of Article 47 of Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions with respect to hired fighters, they are excluded under provisions 47(e)&(f) like the French Foreign Legion.
Gurkhas are nearly connected with the khukuri, a forward-bending Nepalese blade, and have an outstanding notoriety for daring military ability. The previous Indian Army Chief of Staff Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, once expressed that "If a man says he is not anxious of kicking the bucket, he is either lying or he is a Gurkha."
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