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- The Gurkhas or Gorkhas (/ˈɡɜːrkə, ˈɡʊər-/), with the endonym Gorkhali (Nepali: गोर्खाली [ɡoɾkʰaːliː]), are soldiers native to the Indian subcontinent,...
- Infantry 45th Native Infantry 1st Goorkha Regiment 2nd Goorkha Regiment 3rd Goorkha Regiment 4th Goorkha Regiment 5th Goorkha Regiment These were: 1st Regiment...
- The Goorkha Craters (79°45′S 159°34′E / 79.750°S 159.567°E / -79.750; 159.567) are a line of snow-free coastal hills 5 nautical miles (9 km) long,...
- The Brown Hills (79°46′S 158°33′E / 79.767°S 158.550°E / -79.767; 158.550) are a group of mainly snow-free hills in the Cook Mountains of Antarctica...
- change in 1850 saw it gain a new numerical designation to become the 66th Goorkha Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry after the original 66th had mutinied...
- UN peace-keeping missions. In the wake of the 1857 rebellion, an Extra Goorkha Regiment, was raised later that year as part of the East Indian Company...
- regiments the same year as a result of transferring four regiments to the Goorkha list. The post-1861 Bengal Native Infantry therefore consisted of 45 regiments...
- Kumaon) Regiment or 3rd Gorkha Rifles, an Indian Army rifle regiment 4th Goorkha Regiment or 4th Gorkha Rifles, an infantry regiment of the Indian Army...
- changes occurred until 1886 when the Goorkha title was adopted and the regiment became the 44th Regiment of Goorkha (Light) Infantry. In 1891, the regiment's...
- in 1858 as the 25th Native Punjab Infantry, also known as the "Hazara Goorkha Battalion". The soldiers of the regiment originated from the Kingdom of...