"Gurkha"

                           

It is believed that Gurkhas take their name from the Himalayan territory of Gorkha (Nepali: गोर्खा ) in west-focal Nepal. It was from Gorkha that the first "Gorkhali" armed force set out in the eighteenth Century, under the initiative of Prithvi Narayan Shah. Together they vanquished all their neighboring slope states, including the Malla kingdoms of the Kathmandu Valley, and in doing as such made a 'Gorkha Raj' ('Gurkha Empire') much bigger than advanced Nepal. It was this same Gorkhali armed force that battled against the British in the Anglo-Gorkha War of 1814-16, which thusly prompt the British recruHowever some verifiable records propose that the name "Gorkha" goes back much further, to eighth Century India, when the incredible spiritualist and 'warrior-holy person' Guru Gorakhnath, gave his pupil Bappa Rawal, an Indian Rajput leader, the title "Gorkha" (got from the Prakrit expression 'go rakkha' signifying 'defender of cows' - bovines being consecrated creatures to all Hindus).

 

                            

So what joins Bappa Rawal, an Indian lord, to the Gorkhali warriors of Nepal? The answer is complicated and maybe astonishing: in the eleventh and twelfth Centuries the Rajputs were assaulted by intruders from the east and some of Bappa Rawal's relatives moved east to the relative peace of the Himalayan foothills. It arrived that they established another kingdom, which they named after the title that their benefactor holy person had given them: Gorkha. In its capital they assembled a 'durbar', a slope top fortess-royal residence, and a sanctuary to the goddess Gorakh Kali, in which it is said they set a hallowed statue of Guru Gorakhnath, distinguishable just by their lords - individuals from the now nullified Shah administration. Kali is the goddess of death and pulverization whose name is summoned in the Gurkha battlecry 'Jai Mahakali, Ayo Gorkhali!' ('Victory to Mahakali, the Gurkhas arrive!') from which this site take takes its name.

Along these lines, the name "Gurkha" is the Anglicized rendition of "Gorkha" (proclaimed Gorr-kha), a word that the British have attempted to claim subsequent to the season of the Anglo-Gorkha War of 1814-16. The spelling of "Gurkha" has changed several times in the course of the last 200 hundred years - varieties include: Ghurka, Goorkha, Goorkah and numerous others. The Gurkhas of the Indian Army have held the more dependable spelling of 'Gorkha', which is additionally how British Gurkhas still allude to themselves in Nepali.iting Gurkhas into the British Army Who are the Gurkhas?

Troopers from Gurkha Company (Mandalay), in the yearly Freedom Parade of Brecon, Wales 2008

The Gurkhas are incredible warriors with a notoriety for dependability and boldness that has been affirmed commonly, as the 13 Victoria Crosses and endless different recompenses for valor that they have earned - and keep on procuring in present day clashes - demonstrate certain.

In the strictest sense, British Gurkhas are Nepali (Nepalese) subjects who have enrolled the British Army and experienced the essential armed force preparing to wind up completely qualified officers. This is obviously a military definition and does not mirror the much's truth more extensive Gorkhali group - men, ladies, youngsters and grandchildren who are not serving fighters but rather who are unquestionably Gurkhas by conception.

Verifiably there have been specific "jaats" (tribes) who have made up the larger part of men in the British Gurkhas. Despite the fact that there is still an in number convention of men from Gurkha families enrolling in the British Army, in today's Brigade of Gurkhas any youthful Nepali man why should capable finish the rebuffing tests and thorough enlistment necessities is qualified to turn into a Gurkha.

Each Gurkha - like all Nepalis - fits in with a jaat (tribe) normally showed by his or her surname, for example, the Gurung, Limbu and Rai jaats. The general population of some jaats want to utilize their faction name (or 'thar') as their surname. For instance: Thapa, Pun and Ale are all families of the Magar jaat. Our Gorkhali Mountain Peoplepage and up and coming Homeland area take a gander at the a wide range of jaats that have customarily framed the center of the British Gurkhas, for example, the Magars and Gurungs from the Himalayan hills of west Nepal and the Limbus and Rais from the east.An Enduring Legacy

In the mid 21st Century, the Brigade of Gurkhas' future looks guaranteed: the Royal Gurkha Rifles keep on presenting with unique excellence in Afghanistan and somewhere else. Back in Nepal the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) seems to have moved down from its dedication to boycott the enlistment of Nepali subjects into the British armed force, at any rate until further notice. Having won the ideal for all ex-Gurkhas to settle in the UK in 2009, Gurkha veterans who resigned before 1997 keep on battling for their entitlement to more pleasant annuities.

Today, groups of Gurkhas, Gurkha veterans (from both the British and Indian armed forces), their youngsters and grandchildren can be found in Nepal, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Australia, the United Arab Emirates, Germany, France, the United States, over the United Kingdom and in each nation in the middle. By ideals of their confidence, control and valor, this different gathering of men and ladies have advanced from living as subsistence agriculturists in the Himalayan foothills to working in every conceivable exchange and calling in each side of the world.

Whatever the future holds, the legacy of these men and ladies who have voyage as such, accomplished so much and requested so little, will keep on rousing the individuals who find out about them and to live on through their relatives and in the hearts of the individuals who have had the joy and benefit of knowing and presenting with them. We salute you.

Ayo GORKHALI!!!