Therefore, in 1992, January 1992, I passed the training and that's how I become a Gurkha. Reva: So how did the Gurkhas start fighting with the British army? Captain Ganesh: About 200 years ago ...

Where do they serve? As well as serving in Nepal’s own national army, Gurkhas have formed part of the British Army since 1815, when they were recruited to help suppress uprisings in India.

Most have in common an ancestral connection – now, a couple of generations removed – to Gurkha servicemen who ... until the Training Depot at Shek Kong closed in 1994, and relocated to Britain ...

Successful applicants are then flown to Catterick, North Yorkshire, for a 10-week training programme. Gurkha soldiers take part in Great North 10k What are the top jobs women have never had?

It has long been a legend of the Falklands War that the Argentines defending Stanley were so terrified of the Gurkhas, Nepalese soldiers fighting for the British, that they ran from their ...

Two hundred Gurkhas have run alongside 5,000 competitors in the 10th annual Great North 10k. The soldiers from Catterick ... as part of their armed forces training. Chris Steele and Gemma Steel ...

their next task seems like a scene from a kung-fu training montage - running 5km up the foothills of the Himalayas with 25kg worth of rocks on their back, in under 55 minutes. Each Gurkha soldier ...

More than 2,600 former British soldiers and Nepalese Gurkhas who served in the British army's Second Gurkha Rifle regiment have been reunited in midwest Nepal to mark 10 years since the regiment ...

The Gurkha Welfare Trust is the only charity that’s dedicated to looking after Gurkha soldiers and their dependents in Nepal. We ensure that Gurkha veterans, their widows and their wider ...

Singh detailed the audacious attacks of 1/11 Gurkha Rifles on the Khalubar Ridge in the Kargil War as the soldiers climbed the high hills to attack the Pakistanis after the sunset Guwahati ...