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Gurkhas stage a mass protest along Whitehall in London. An estimated 2,500 veterans wearing war medals and brandishing placards joined a rally on parliament following recent pension reforms which were criticised by groups representing the Nepalese fighters.
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Sorry guys it was a wrong one...I hope it does not harm your eyes..
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She looks WET and HAIRY.

That's why you should keep sh!ts separate.

HAHAHAHA!

Thanks for the nice surprise! ;p

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Women allowed joining British Gurkhas
The British government has decided to allow women to join the Gurkhas for the first time in the 200 years old history of the brigade.
British newspaper Telegraph stated Friday that defence minister Derek Twigg confirmed that recruitment will be reviewed to ‘examine the feasibility of Nepali women being recruited into the Brigade of Gurkhas non-infantry units’.
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Dr. Sharon Taylor, School of Social Work, is a member of an international delegation of leading human rights lawyers and activists that travelled to Nepal recently to report on the living conditions of ex-Gurkhas and their families who are denied equal treatment by the British government. As part of the delegation, Dr. Taylor helped document the problems faced by ex-Gurkhas and their families.

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hey sayami bro, is british government going to give british citizen to gurkhas son and daughters especially of those whose dad retired from the gurkha brigade before 1997?

i am anxious for this answer....


jai gurkhas

SAYAMI bro
are u also in british army ?
just curious

sayami . Impressive man. How come you have pictures for everything? Just wondering u know.

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A former Gurkha who won the Victoria Cross has told of his joy
at being given the right to live in the UK.
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TUL BAHADUR PUN VC WILL ARRIVE IN THE UK ON 4 JULY 2007, AT 5:55 PM,
AT HEATHROW TERMINAL 3 ON VIRGIN ATLANTIC FLIGHT VS301 FROM NEW
DELHI - PLEASE COME & WELCOME THIS HERO "HOME"!
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Visa Officers at the British Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal, have rejected requests
from British Army Gurkhas to come and settle in the United Kingdom. Those rejected
have included Tul Bahadur Pun VC (a Gurkha who won the Victoria Cross in World WarII)
and Lance Corporal Gyanendra Rai (a Gurkha seriously wounded by Argentine artillery
at Bluff Cove, in the Falkland Islands in 1982). British Visa Officers say that these brave
Gurkhas do not have "strong ties" to the United Kingdom, despite years of service in the
British Army.

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“Well done, Pun”
In his oral testimony, Tul Bahadur Pun recounts how he was awarded the Victoria Cross for his gallantry in the battle for Mogaung in Burma in June 1944
From Issue #190 (02 April 04 - 08 April 04)
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Pun single handedly fought off dozens of Japanese defenders, even while the rest of his platoon was wiped out. This and other testimonies of living Gurkha soldiers are taken from Lahurey ka Katha by Dev Bahadur Thapa, published by Himal books, and translated for Nepali Times in this space every week.

I was pulling out my gun again when our commanding officer, a short man, appeared and said, “Well done, Pun”. He asked if I was all right, and I replied that everything was not all right. I told him that there were quite a lot of enemies inside the trench.
He promised to send the flame-thrower, then vanished. On the lower side there was a British regiment which sent a flame-thrower. The flame even keeps burning on water, and if it falls on stone or iron it just turns them into soil. This weapon is best for trench warfare. The fire is so dangerous that if it falls on cloth or a piece of flesh, it just sticks to the skin.

Many enemies were roasted alive. Others fled through the passage that we had kept open. However, they didn’t get far. Most only took a few steps and then fell down. The enemy troops were wiped out and we entered the town.
There we saw that the enemy troops and our own men in hand-to-hand combat, making it impossible to fire powerful weapons. Some of the soldiers started firing, while others began fighting with their hands like people under the influence of alcohol and a few were buried under stones and bricks. A few were struck with sticks or rifle butts. There was a sense of the confusion one sees during a festival.

This was followed by the harsh sound of a whistle blown by their commander. They stopped fighting and ran away. A whole lot of soldiers who had been taking shelter in the town started escaping by jumping into the river. The water carried about half of them away, but the rest managed to reach the other side. For a while the whole river was covered with human bodies. The civilians had already abandoned the town, and following the flight of the enemy soldiers, we captured the town.

In the evening we had an assembly, when respective commanders discussed strategies for the next day and also assessed who had fought well and which tactics had worked. Reports were collected on who did best in that day’s capture of the town. Our platoon sergeant reported that except for two men, the rest of our platoon had been killed. He mentioned my name, and told them that I had done excellently during the siege of the bridge and also mentioned that I was the first to get into the enemy camp. The commander added that he was present at the time and had seen the event with his own eyes. A strong recommendation letter was written and dispatched to the war office.

On one day I had been assigned to bring the rations, which were carried by mules. When I arrived at the headquarters, a message had arrived from the war office. The clerk on duty took me aside and said, “Pun, one of the soldiers from your company has done an excellent job. I have collected the message. In all probability he will get a gallantry award.” He gave me the message and told me to give it to the company. I glanced at it, and saw my name on it.

The following day, the commander sent for me. I saluted him, and then he patted me on the back and told me he had received the reply to his letter. “Well done!” he said, “You will receive a gallantry award, but I can’t say right now what class of award it will be. Probably you will receive a very high order gallantry award.” At the time, I was an ordinary rifleman. He told me that I had been elevated to the rank of sergeant and asked me to collect soldiers and form a section.

Our assault on the town had taken place on 23 June, 1944. I was awarded the Victoria Cross for our assault on the town that day. Captain Elmond also got a Victoria Cross. A few months later, I received the gallantry award in Delhi from Lord Louis Mountbatten, who was the viceroy of India and the supreme commander of the allied forces in Asia at the time.

The day after the fighting, the camp was cleaned and an inquiry of how many were killed in the assault took place. The attack on the town had cost us the lives of 11 British officers, 17 Gurkha officers and 773 others below the rank of jamadar (Gurkha lieutenant). After this, we reassembled at Dehara Dun and then went home on a two-month paid leave.