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    Indian Gorkhas, also known as Nepali Indians, are an ethno-cultural group native to India, who speak Nepali as a common language. They inhabit mainly the...
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    At the time of Indian Independence in 1947, as per the terms of the Britain–India–Nepal Tripartite Agreement, six Gorkha regiments, formerly part of the...
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  • Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (transl. Indian Gorkha Democratic Alliance; abbr. BGPM) is a political party based in Darjeeling district and Kalimpong...
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    the most senior Gorkha Infantry regiment of the Indian Army, comprising Gurkha soldiers of Indian Gorkha or Nepalese nationality, especially Magars and...
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  • Gorkha Parisangh (Nepali: भारतीय गोर्खा परिसंघ; translation: Indian Gorkha Confederation) is a non-government national-level organization of Gorkhas (Nepali)...
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    Gurkha (redirect from Gorkhas)
    The Gurkhas or Gorkhas (/ˈɡɜːrkə, ˈɡʊər-/), with the endonym Gorkhali (Nepali: गोर्खाली [ɡorkʰali]), are soldiers native to the Indian subcontinent, chiefly...
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    4th Gorkha Rifles or the Fourth Gorkha Rifles, abbreviated as 4 GR, is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army comprising Gurkha soldiers of Indian Gorkha...
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    The 8th Gorkha Rifles is a Gorkha regiment of the Indian Army. It was raised in 1824 as part of the British East India Company and later transferred to...
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  • objectives of the new party was to "fight for the democratic right of the Indian Gorkhas living in India and (to) work unitedly for the creation of separate...
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    The 9th Gorkha Rifles is a Gorkha infantry regiment of the Indian Army and, previously, the British Army. The regiment was initially formed by the British...
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    The Gorkha Kingdom (Nepali: गोरखा राज्य;Gōrakhā rājya) was a member of the Chaubisi rajya, a confederation of 24 states, located at the intersection of...
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    The 11 Gorkha Rifles is a Gorkha regiment of the Indian Army that was re-raised after independence. The regiment consists of primarily the Kirant Tribes...
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    political, and symbolic center" for all Indian Gorkhas, leading the movement to include the Nepali Language in the Indian constitution. Other ethnic identities...
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  • Nepal. Gurkha, Gorkha or Gorkhali may also refer to: Nepali people, citizens of Nepal also known as Gurkha and Gorkhali Indian Gorkha, the Nepali-speaking...
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    and more infantry regiment raised from Punjab and those including Gorkhas. Indian troops maintained internal security in the country, fought for the...
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    and Darjeeling. Gorkha Public Library or Gorkha jana pustakalay was established in the year 1913, as an initiative of the Indian Gorkhas to develop their...
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  • Bharatiya Gorkha Janashakti (BGJ or BGJS; 'Indian Gorkha People's Power') is a political party in the Darjeeling District of the Indian state of West...
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    Binay Tamang (category Indian Gorkhas)
    (also Binoy Tamang; born 28 December 1965) is an Indian Politician and a former leader of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha political party. He joined All India...
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  • Neeraj Zimba (category Indian Gorkhas)
    November 1981) is an Indian Gorkha politician. He is the Central Committee Member and presently Secretary General and Legal Adviser of Gorkha National Liberation...
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    Darjeeling (category Use Indian English from August 2022)
    Nepali and Gorkha interchangeably... Thus early associations of the Nepalis in India... used the word "Gorkha" to denote Nepalis of Indian origin". Lama...
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    Raju Bista (category Indian Gorkhas)
    of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. Bista was born on 3 January 1986 in a Gorkha family of Vishnu and Prabah Bista in Charhajare, Senapati district of Manipur...
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  • Amar Singh Rai (category Indian Gorkhas)
    in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha. My Neta Darjeeling MLA Amar Singh Rai is 'son of soil'...
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  • 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force), also abbreviated as 5 GR(FF) is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army comprising Gurkha soldiers of Nepalese origin...
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  • Shrestha (born 1975) is a Nepalese–Gurkha soldier in the Indian Army (7th battalion the 8th Gorkha Rifles) and recipient of the Sena Medal for bravery, and...
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    Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (category Use Indian English from October 2016)
    is the name of the proposed state in India that the Nepali-speaking Indian Gorkha ethnic group in the district of Darjeeling and Kalimpong and the Dooars...
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    Gorkha League (abbreviated as ABGL) (also called All India Gorkha League (AIGL/IGL)) is a political party working amongst the Nepali-speaking Gorkha population...
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    consists of local and city buses, micros, micro-buses and metered-taxis. Indian Gorkha Pension Camp is located in Rambazar. It was established in 1955 A.D...
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  • Subhash Ghisingh (category Indian Gorkhas)
    Subash Ghisingh was an Indian politician who was the leader of Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF), which he founded in 1980. He was the chairman of...
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    Manipur and Tripura. However the proposed state doesn't have a Gorkha majority. Gorkhas constitute only around 35 per cent of the total population in the...
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    The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed 8,962 people in Nepal and injured 21,952 more. It occurred at 11:56 Nepal...
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