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The 11th Gorkha Rifles is a Gorkha regiment of the Indian Army. Gurkha Soldiers (1896) Gurkha (or Gorkha) are people from Nepal who take their name from the eighth century Hindu warrior-saint Guru Gorkhnath. ...
The Indian Army is the army of the Republic of India. ...
First Regiment The 11th Gurkhas was originally founded in 1918 through the amalgamation together of companies of the other Gurkha regiments and the Garwhal Rifles. This regiment saw service in both Palestine and Mesopotamia at the end of the First World War, as well as during the Third Afghan War in 1919, before being disbanded in 1922. 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
A company is a military unit, typically consisting of 100-200 soldiers. ...
The term Palestine may refer to: Palestine: A geographical region in the Middle East, centered on Jerusalem. ...
Mesopotamia ( Greek: Μεσοποταμία, translated from Old Persian Miyanrudan the Land between the Rivers or the Aramaic name Beth-Nahrin two rivers) is a region of Southwest Asia. ...
Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...
The Rise of Dost Mohammad It was not until 1826 that the energetic Dost Mohammad was able to exert sufficient control over his brothers to take over the throne in Kabul, where he proclaimed himself amir. ...
1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Second Regiment Following India's independence in 1947, the Gurkha regiments of the British Indian Army were divided between the new Indian Army and the British Army. A referendum was held among the soldiers of the four regiments that would transfer to the British as to whether they wished to join the British Army, as the decision to do so was made entirely voluntary. In the event, large numbers of men from the 7th Gurkha Rifles and the 10th Gurkha Rifles, which recruited predominantly from Eastern Nepal, decided not to join their regiments as part of the British Army. So, in order to retain a contingent from this area of Nepal, the Indian Army made the decision to re-raise the 11th Gorkha Rifles. However, as this was a regiment raised by the independent nation of India, it was decided that it would not retain the honours and traditions of the former 11th Gurkhas of 1918. Today, the regiment has a total of six battalions. The regiment has won a single Param Vir Chakra, which was won by Lt Manoj Kumar Pandey of the 1st Battalion during the 1999 Kargil Conflict. The Republic of India is the second most populous country in the world, with a population of more than one billion, and is the seventh largest country by geographical area. ...
1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The Indian Army in the time of the British Raj (1857–1947) See Indian Army for the post-independence (and post-partition) army of the Republic of India. ...
The British Army is the land armed forces of the United Kingdom. ...
A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ...
(Redirected from 10th Gurkha Rifles) The 10th Princess Marys Own Gurkha Rifles was a regiment of the Indian and then the British Army upon their transfer in 1948 in the aftermath of Indian Independence. ...
The Kingdom of Nepal, situated in the Himalayas, is the worlds only Hindu kingdom. ...
In military terminology, a battalion consists of two to six companies typically commanded by a lieutenant colonel. ...
The Param Vir Chakra is an Indian military decoration given for valour in combat operations. ...
The Kargil Conflict was a border war between India and Pakistan that took place from April 1999 to June 1999 in the Kashmir region. ...
- Battle Honours
- Bogra, East Pakistan 1971, Shingo River Valley, Jammu and Kashmir 1971
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