Gorkha
Author: Sir Francis Ivan Simms Tuker
Publisher: London, Constable
Published: 1957
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13:
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Imperial Warriors
Author: Tony Gould
Publisher: Granta Books
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 516
ISBN-13: 9781862073654
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive history of the Gurkhas, which remains to this day a unique and much-loved regiment, and which played a crucial role in the British Empire.
Ayo Gorkhali
Author: Tim I Gurung
Publisher:
Published: 2023-12-08
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780143460657
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe history of the Gurkha serviceman is one that goes beyond soldiering and bravery-it is in equal measure a story of the resilient human spirit, and of a tiny community that carved for itself a niche in world history.
1971
Author: Rachna Bisht Rawat
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Published: 2021-12-20
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9354921264
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn the fiftieth anniversary of the 1971 Indo-Pak war, revisit its battlefields through stories of bravehearts from the army, navy and air force who fought for a cause that meant more to them than their own lives Why do the Gorkha soldiers of 4/5 GR attack a heavily defended enemy post with just naked khukris in their hands? Does Pakistan find out the real identity of the young pilot who, after having ejected from a burning plane, calls himself Flt Lt Mansoor Ali Khan? What awaits the naval diver who cuts made-in-India labels off his clothes and crosses into East Pakistan with a machine gun slung across his back? Why is a twenty-one-year-old Sikh paratrooper being taught to jump off a stool in a deserted hangar at Dum Dum airport with a Packet aircraft waiting nearby? 1971 is a deeply researched collection of true stories of extraordinary human grit and courage that shows you a side to war that few military histories do.
The Gurkhas
Author: Chris Bellamy
Publisher: John Murray
Published: 2011-04-14
Total Pages: 505
ISBN-13: 1848545150
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Gurkhas have fought on behalf of Britain and India for nearly two hundred years. As brave as they are resilient, resourceful and cunning, they have earned a reputation as devastating fighters, and their unswerving loyalty to the Crown has always inspired affection in the British people. There are also now up to 40,000 Gurkhas in the million-strong army of modern India. But who are the Gurkhas? How much of the myth that surrounds them is true? Award-winning historian Chris Bellamy uncovers the Gurkhas' origins in the Hills of Nepal, the extraordinary circumstances in which the British decided to recruit them and their rapid emergence as elite troops of the East India Company, the British Raj and the British Empire. Their special aptitude meant they were used as the first British 'Special Forces'. Bellamy looks at the wars the Gurkhas have fought this century, from the two world wars through the Falklands to Iraq and Afghanistan and examines their remarkable status now, when each year 11,000 hopefuls apply for just over 170 places in the British Army Gurkhas. Extraordinarily compelling, this book brings the history of the Gurkhas, and the battles they have fought, right up to date, and explores their future.
The Gurkhas
Author: John Parker
Publisher: Headline
Published: 2013-02-28
Total Pages: 235
ISBN-13: 1472202600
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTheir ferocity is as legendary as their loyalty to the British Monarch and their regimental histories are crammed with acts of incredible bravery and sacrifice. Their reputation as fearsome fighting men remains undisputed and the mere threat of their kukri knives has put the fear of God into opposing forces throughout the world. John Parker's book is a fascinating testimony to the Gurkhas - a fighting force that stands dramatically apart in British military history.
Gorkhas and Gorkhaland
Author: Barun Roy
Publisher: Barun Roy
Published: 2012-12-25
Total Pages: 508
ISBN-13: 9810786468
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive socio-political study of the Gorkha people and their demand for the separate state of Gorkhaland
The Gurkha's Daughter
Author: Prajwal Parajuly
Publisher: Hachette UK
Published: 2012-12-20
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 178087295X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA pioneering collection describing and dramatizing the Nepalese diaspora - the displacement and exile of the Nepali-speaking world *SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE* A disfigured servant girl plans to flee Nepal; a Kalimpong shopkeeper faces an impossible dilemma; a Hindu religious festival in Darjeeling brings with it a sacrifice; a Nepali-Bhutanese refugee pins her hopes on the West; a Gurkha's daughter tries to comprehend her father's complaints; two young Nepali-speaking immigrants meet in Manhattan. These are just some of the stories of the people whose culture and language is Nepalese but who are dispersed to India, Bhutan and beyond. From every perspective and on every page, Prajwal Parajuly blends rich colour and vernacular to paint an eye-opening picture of a unique world and its people.
Imperial Gorkha
Author: Mahesh Chandra Regmi
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Gurkha War
Author: H. T. Prinsep
Publisher:
Published: 2007-03
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781846771699
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWHEN BRITON FOUGHT GURKHA No-one who has an interest in British military history is ignorant of the role of the Gurkhas. Their loyalty and courage is as legendary as the affection with which they are regarded by the British military and civilians alike. It was not always so. At the beginning of the 19th century, as the British empire inexorably expanded its inflfl uence to embrace the Indian Sub-Continent, the Nepalese empire itself covered huge areas of Northern India - stretching at times from the borders of the Sikh kingdom in the west to the foothills of the Himalayas where they meet the Bay of Bengal. When these two empires clashed, the British certainly experienced an unpleasant surprise. For they confronted warriors of astonishing bravery, gallantry and ferocity, with no mean grasp of tactics. So began a hard-fought, touch-and-go war between enemies who would one day be inseparable friends. This is the story of that war!
