during the Indian Mutiny, with the Sirmoor Battalion (now part of the Royal Gurkha Rifles). All Gurkha troops carried a Kukri similar to this. The notch (Kaura) in the blade has a practical ...

On a cold evening in November 1996, a troop of Nepalese Gurkha soldiers from the Royal Gurkha Rifles gathered at their ... in Hong Kong in 1948, after India gained independence.

Ex Cape Kukri II is a large-scale blank fire exercise which is the culmination of the 2RGR’s (Royal Gurkha Rifles) training whilst deployed in the Falkland Islands. The exercise will take place ...

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 ...

PA Media Mr Budha Magar became the first double above-knee amputee to reach the summit of Everest in 2023 Mr Budha Magar joined the Royal Gurkha Rifles at the age of 19. While serving in ...

My dream was to join 7th Gurkha Rifle because that was my father's unit ... Captain Ganesh: About 200 years ago India was controlled by Britain. In some occasions Gurkha invaded India from ...