The Gurkhas or Gorkhas are the fighters 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 "Pahadi", and gotten from the slope town and region of Gorkha from which the Kingdom of Nepal extended under Prithivi Narayan Shah which in this manner additionally prompt 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 sanctum in Gorkha. The word itself gotten from Go-Raksha, raksha getting to be rakha. Rakhawala implies defender and is gotten from raksha too.
Ethnically, Chhetri or Khas , Thakuri, Gurung and Magar for the most part were the Gorkha tribes who joined recent Gorkha kingdom and battled against the British intrusions. Be that as it may, today, Gorkha warriors for the most part have a place with the Gurung, Magar, Rai, Limbu and Sunuwar, and a modest bunch of Chhetri; there is no ethnicity based limitation to join. There are Gurkha military units in the Nepalese, British and the Indian armed force enrolled in Nepal, United Kingdom and India. Despite the fact that they meet a hefty portion of the necessities of Article 47of Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions with respect to soldiers of fortune, they are excluded under provisos 47 like the French Foreign Legion.
Gurkhas are nearly connected with the khukuri, a forward-bending Nepalese blade, and have an outstanding notoriety for intrepid military ability. The previous Indian Army Chief of Staff Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, once expressed that[9] "If a man says he is not perplexed of kicking the bucket, he is either lying or he is a Gurkha
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