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  • Anonymous  |  'ayo gorkhali'
    respect to all the gurkha's who fought in world war's
  • R Rai  |  'Major Purne Rai,OBE'
    Please add a picture of Major Purne Rai,OBE only Gurkha to be awarded DSO.Many thanks.
  • admin  |  'Major Purne Rai, OBE'
    I afraid we do not have any pictures of Major Purne Rai OBE DSO, but if we are able to find one we will post it to the gallery. Dhanyabad.
  • Brat
    Photo 1 not a Sikh as Sikhs also keep beards. Maratha perhaps? Last photo says it all! Hats off to these brave Gurkha soldiers.
  • Brat
    Photo 1 not a Sikh as Sikhs also keep beards. A Maratha perhaps? Last photo says it all! Hats of to these brave Gurkha soldiers.
  • Rustam Kahn  |  'WWI & WWII British Indian Army'
    Lets not forget that the bulk of the British Indian Army and its 4 million volunteer army was Hindu and Muslim. Muslims formed the majority of the BIA in WWI whereas the Hindus formed the majority of the BIA in WWII.
  • Yam Chand  |  ' 'WWI & WWII British Indian Army''
    In BIA Hindus were far outnumbered by Muslim/Sikh/Gurkha combined. Due to their role in 1857 Sepoy Mutiny, British declared Gorkhas, Sikhs and various types of Muslims as "Martial-race"and stopped enlisting communities who fought against British and as a result Muslims formed more than 40%, Sikhs 13%, and Gurkhas 12%. Only remaining 35% were other Indians combined. This was one of the reasons why Gandhi/Nehru/Patel combined agreed division of India into 3 parts, as they couldn't contemplate ruling whole India with their minority soldiers in combined army, as there was a possibility of Coup-de-tat by army, which was later proven by Pak Army.
  • Yam Chand  |  'Photo Gallery.'
    I was surprised not to see any photo of 1/9 GR, winner of the only VC (Rfn. Sher Banadur Thapa, San Marino, Italy) in European theater in WWII. Sher Bahadur Thapa is the lone winner in Europe, posthumously.
  • satyam rai
    One of the brave gorkhali!!!
  • Arjun  |  'Gorkha is my heart. I love gorkha '
    Sher bahadur is a greatest person in nepali museum.one salute of our gorkha who was dead in world war.
  • sunod thapa  |  'secondwar2'
    we'd be thankful if you put photos of great nepali soldiers during war 1 and 2
  • Reewaj Chhetri  |  'Biography'
    W'ed be very helpful if anybody can provide me the Biography of Sher, Bahadur Thapa VICTORIA CROSS (VC)Many Thanks.. Jai Gorkha
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