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'''BHUPAL SINGH''', a son of the Gurkha general, Amar Singh Thapa, came to Lahore and took up service under Maharaj

...each shoulder. After 1858, they wore two crossed golden swords, or, in the Gurkha Regiments, two crossed golden Kukris, on each collar of a tunic or else on

...rly British transactions with the Lahore Darbar, and correspondence of the Gurkha General, Amar Singh Thapa, soliciting British aid against Ranjit Singh.

...of the Fort of Kangra after Ranjit Singh had occupied it driving away the Gurkha general, Amar Singh Thapa. In 1811, he was charged with reducing the Fort o

Maharaja Karam Singh helped the British in 1814 in checking Gurkha incursions into the Punjab hills and secured in return a large tract in the

...n the Lahore army which style was later adopted by the British for their Gurkha troops.

..., with his troops exhausted. A brigade of troops from Delhi, including two Gurkha battalions, reinforced him.

...the medieval streets in the back. Crooked winding lanes were dotted with Gurkha Regiment guards, imported because their foreignness would imply that they w A Gurkha guard came towards us, and we hid the tape recorder and moved on towards th

...f Shaikh Basawan's Paltan Khas and later Paltan Deva SINGH (1822), and the Gurkha Paltan (1823). These formed the infantry of the Fauji Khas. The cavalry (Fr

...were also sent. These were led by General Ven tura and General Balbhadra (Gurkha General ). Total number forces were about 25 ,000 men. General Balbhadra of Gurkha Infantry fought the ferocious Afghans with equaling ruthlessness, holding e

...tagena, Spain to embark refugees from the Spanish Civil War. HMS SIKH, HMS GURKHA, HMS AFRIDI and HMS MOHAWK were patrolling in the Red Sea when war broke ou

...ossible because the parachutes would not have time to open. "Oh," said the Gurkha, "so we get parachutes, eh?" ...resent Victoria Crosses to four Gurkhas - or to their widows. One of these Gurkha heroes had no widow, so his father trudged to Delhi from the far State of N

...lters by borrowing through the hills. Rifleman Gurung and a company of the Gurkha Rifles were ordered to advance and capture Uthali, a strongly defended Paki ...inflicting heavy casualtieson enemys along the way. In early October ,the Gurkha Rifles was deployed to extricate12 Sikh Light Infantary and Para Commandos

...Lashkar-e-Taiba literature. The organisation's website even proclaims that Gurkha soldiers eat their dead parents' bodies.

...he 11th / 6th Gurkhas by a skilful and dashing attack gained possession of Gurkha Bluff, near the sea on the extreme left of the British line. By this feat t ...o support the 6th Gurkhas and arrived about 11 a.m. in a ravine behind the Gurkha position. At about 4.30 p.m. orders were received for the 14th Sikhs to tak

...e Fourth and Tenth Indian Divisions. These Indian Divisions had the famous Gurkha and Sikh Regiments who had been serving the British Empire for a Century.

...panying the convoy, however, showed praiseworthy firmness. It is said the Gurkha Jemadar was wading in water up till his neck, but made the Muslims to reali

The two Gurkha battalions, the 4th London and the 9th Bhopals led the attack and suffered

...a Singh, Jwahar Singh and Nanoo Singh, were arrested. They were sent under Gurkha guard, headed by Mr Jackson, to Allahabad prison where they were detained u

...nce except at two places, where a gun was fired by a Sikh shopkeeper and a Gurkha Chaukidar. Sikhs were being harassed by Muslim policemen.�