nepalnepal — An actress best known for playing a selfish, champagne-guzzling fashionista is winning her battle against the British government on a humanitarian issue – securing settlement rights for ...
KATMANDU, NepalKATMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s prime minister on Monday thanked “Absolutely Fabulous” actress Joanna Lumley for her outspoken campaign to give thousands of Gurkha war veterans and their ...
LONDON — Nepalese Gurkha soldiers who have been fighting for Britain but receiving unequal retirement benefits since the days of the British Empire will finally receive the same pensions as the rest ...
Soldiers from the British Army took part in a gruelling Gurkha race where they carried weighted baskets on an uphill course.
Military charities in the UK are reporting a huge increase in the number of struggling Gurkhas arriving in Britain for help following Joanna Lumley's campaign to win them residency last year. The ...
January 13, 2009: Unable to recruit enough Britons for their infantry units, Britain is experimenting with attaching a company of Gurkha infantry to British infantry regiments (actually battalions), ...
LONDON (AP) — A 13-day hunger strike by former Nepalese Gurkha soldiers came to an end Thursday after the British government agreed to enter talks with the Nepalese Embassy over equal pensions for ...
Members of the Afghan army's special-operations forces are among the many Afghans who fled the Taliban takeover. Those forces are highly trained and well regarded, and the UK is considering ...
The UK is currently forming a new regiment of expert artillery soldiers, marking a historic shift in the role of its traditional infantry. This elite force will primarily include Gurkha soldiers, who ...
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The Gurkhas from Nepal became India's Gurkha Regiment. But how?
Ayo Gurkhali'–the famous war cry of the Gurkhas. The Gurkhas became part of the Indian Army only after the Anglo-Nepalese War ...
LONDON — The storied Nepalese warriors who have served in the British military for nearly two centuries were given the automatic right Thursday to settle in Britain, gaining a hard-won victory after ...
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