These warriors could be regarded as Britain's mercenaries: good money and adventure are major attractions. But ask almost any Gurkha soldier, and he is also likely to talk of history and upholding a ...

"If someone says he has no fear, either he is lying or he is a Gurkha." That was how Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw once described the legendary courage of the Gurkhas â men whose discipline, loyalty, ...

Indian Army's Garhwal Rifles boasts as many as 7 currently serving Lieutenant Generals, among the highest numbers from any ...

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Wrapped in white and with their heads shaven, retired Ghurkha soldiers sat cross-legged on the stems of dried rice plants for three days of symbolic and traditional mourning, ...

Instead of exoticising them, Caplan discovers that past military writers find in their subject the quintessential virtues of the European officers themselves: the Gurkhas appear as warriors and ...