- The
Gurkhas or
Gorkhas (/ˈɡɜːrkə, ˈɡʊər-/), with the
endonym Gorkhali (Nepali: गोर्खाली [ɡorkʰali]), are
soldiers native to the
Indian subcontinent, chiefly...
- 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,...
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Infantry 45th
Native Infantry 1st
Goorkha Regiment 2nd
Goorkha Regiment 3rd
Goorkha Regiment 4th
Goorkha Regiment 5th
Goorkha Regiment These were: 1st Regiment...
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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...
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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...
- 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...
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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...
- 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...
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officers and 483 men, left
Queenstown on 27
February in the
transport Goorkha, with Lord
Cranborne as the
senior officer in command,
arriving in Cape...
- 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...
