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Gurkha meaning
A member of the dominant ethnic group in Nepal, with a Himalayan diaspora. | A member of this people recruited to serve in their own elite units in the British and Indian armies.
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Example sentences (18)
Chatham is becoming something of a foodie hotspot too, with places like the hugely popular Taze Meze Mangal and Gurkha Brothers which specialises in classic dishes from Nepal and India.
Hari Budhamagar, a 43-year-old double amputee ex-British Gurkha soldier, scaled Mt. Everest, scripting history by becoming the first in the category to scale the world’s highest peak with an artificial leg.
Instead of the specially reared Norfolk turkey his relations were tucking into at Sandringham the prince had a scrawny chicken, freshly slaughtered by Gurkha soldiers with their fearsome daggers.
Jackman was born in Shimla in 1945 where his father, an army major with the 2nd Gurkha Rifles was stationed.
Key pieces include Gurkha shorts based on ‘40s British military attire; vests that take their cues from fighter pilots’ rescue vests; pleated camouflage trousers in shades of gray, and bomber jackets inspired by ‘50s U.S. MA1 flight jacket.
My great-grandfather: He was a fierce Gurkha warrior who left Nepal for the Himalayas of India.
Soldiers of A Company of the1st Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles preparing for a patrol at their patrol base in a Nahr e Saraj village, in Helmand, on June 22, 2010.
These battalions underwent Gurkha training, with the first and second batch sent to Sungai Petani, Kedah, and the third to Ipoh, Perak.
The Telegraph revealed last week how the daughter of a British Army Gurkha veteran faces being separated from her father after losing the latest round in her four-year legal battle to live with him in the UK.
A teenager at an exercise session at the Salute Gurkha institute.
Meanwhile, the possibility of Gurkha women joining the regiment has been discussed earlier as well.
The Terradyne site outlines the specs of the various cars, so the Gurkha can run anywhere up to 19,500 lbs, depending on the options you outfit it with.
A Gurkha battalion consisting of 1,500 personnel is stationed there.
Indian Army Gurkha with L1A1 (FN FAL) and traditional bayonet Brazilian Army SOF.
Simultaneously, the Nepalese government agreed to maintain recruitment at a level that would sustain the existing British Gurkha units and allow the establishment of additional ones.
The 1st battalion/ 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles lost one man killed.
The battalions were increased to thirty-three with the addition of 55,000 new recruits and Gurkha units were placed at the disposal of the British high command for service on all fronts.
This agreement also caused Gurkha units to be deployed in Brunei, where they remain up to this day.