Gurkhas have been recruited into the British and Indian armies since 1814-15 the year the East India Company went to war with Nepal and this study examines the many legends that have grown up around them. It puts the story of the expansion and contraction of Britain's Gurkha force into the context of Nepalese history, as well as that of the Indian and British Armies.
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"In the beginning was the word, and the word - in this case - was Gorkha (or Goorka, Goorkha, Ghoorkha, Goorkah, even Gurkha), a word which has become so encrusted with myth that nowadays some people cannot write it without putting it into inverted commas." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mess silver, regimental life, native infantry, recruiting depots, regimental historian, martial races, welfare centre, tripartite agreement, orderly officers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jang Bahadur, War Office, Hong Kong, Bhim Sen, General Sir, Gurkha Rifles, British Gurkha, Amar Singh, Prithwi Narayan, Second World War, Des Chene, John Cross, First World War, Gurkha Museum, Walter Walker, Chandra Shamsher, Sepoy Revolt, Foreign Office, Jung Bahadur, British India, Dehra Dun, Lord Roberts, Nepali Congress, Ranjit Singh, Chief of the Imperial General Staff New!
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"In the beginning was the word, and the word - in this case - was Gorkha (or Goorka, Goorkha, Ghoorkha, Goorkah, even Gurkha), a word which has become so encrusted with myth that nowadays some people cannot write it without putting it into inverted commas." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mess silver, regimental life, native infantry, recruiting depots, regimental historian, martial races, welfare centre, tripartite agreement, orderly officers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jang Bahadur, War Office, Hong Kong, Bhim Sen, General Sir, Gurkha Rifles, British Gurkha, Amar Singh, Prithwi Narayan, Second World War, Des Chene, John Cross, First World War, Gurkha Museum, Walter Walker, Chandra Shamsher, Sepoy Revolt, Foreign Office, Jung Bahadur, British India, Dehra Dun, Lord Roberts, Nepali Congress, Ranjit Singh, Chief of the Imperial General Staff New!
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- Ministry of Defence: Prices Paid for Spare Parts: [Hc]: [1992-93]: House of Commons Papers: [1992-93] by Great Britain on 4 pages
- The Indian Army by S.L. Menezes on 4 pages
- Johnny Gurkha by E. E. Smith on 4 pages
- Wars Bring Scars by E.D. Smith in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Bugles and a Tiger: 2 by John Masters on page 217, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- A Disease Apart: Leprosy in the Modern World by Tony Gould in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Tigers of the Snow: How One Fateful Climb Made The Sherpas Mountaineering Legends by Sifu Jonathan Neale in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- British Imperialism (Histories and Controversies) by Robert Johnson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- War in the Modern World since 1815 (Warfare and History) by Jeremy Black on page 70
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