February 3, 2011: For the last five months, India has been celebrating and honoring a retired Gurkha soldier (Bishnu Shrestha) who, singlehandedly killed three bandits, wounded eight and drove off ...

The immensely popular Queen’s Gurkha Engineers are 75 years old this month. To mark the regimental birthday, a parade took place at their Invicta Barracks home in Maidstone supported by The Band of ...

This article by Pinki Sris Rana was originally published in Nepali Times, and an edited version has been republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Brave khukuri-swinging ...

THEY have faced down the Nazis, hacked their way through the Burmese jungle and fought the Taliban in Afghanistan. Now the Brigade of Gurkhas, the Nepali soldiers who have served in the British forces ...

A PENSIONER was so moved by the plight of the Gurkhas he has given £1,000 from his own pocket to help the hundreds of Nepalese soldiers and their families. Alec Milne, 74, from Basildon, made the ...

History is not always fair to the protagonists who find themselves caught up in it. The history of Gurkha soldiers is no exception. Brave khukuri-swinging soldiers in combat khakis and hats marching ...

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