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Thats why I called 'and many others'!!! I didn't mentioned all of them.
Every Indians are brave but as you mentioned like Gurkhas and Nagas etc, some are exceptional.
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Slight correction, Jats are not classified into any caste or Varna. They are a community, more like a tribe. The reason for that is that they arrived pretty late (comparitively) into the sub-continent and were not very well assimilated or assigned a place into the caste-based society.
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Long story short....Every soldier in IA is brave.
I know about Garhwal Regiment. They fought in Mayanmar against the Japs and were furiously victorious.
but every regiment is as furious as other in IA.
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Originally Posted by hillman32 View Post
"Where did these units fought in WW II"
During the WW 1; the Gurkhas fought in France, Gallipoli (Turkey), Suez (Egypt) and Mesopotamia (Iraq).
In WW 2; the Gurkhas fought on every front, from Singapore to Italy and North Africa. In the Battle of Monte Cassino, one of the most ferocious battles in Europe, the Italian Army soldiers became convinced that they had been attacked by 'Devils'!!; such became their fear of the Gurkhas.
"Where did these units fought in WW II"
During the WW 1; the Gurkhas fought in France, Gallipoli (Turkey), Suez (Egypt) and Mesopotamia (Iraq).
In WW 2; the Gurkhas fought on every front, from Singapore to Italy and North Africa. In the Battle of Monte Cassino, one of the most ferocious battles in Europe, the Italian Army soldiers became convinced that they had been attacked by 'Devils'!!; such became their fear of the Gurkhas.
Most of the men you see in these pictures are men from the 9th Gurkha rifles. They are recruited from Khas/Thakuri tribes. These men are from Nepal and are a mixture of pure Brahmin men and local Mongolian women. Thats why some of them look Indians and some look a mixture of both. Only 1 regiment is made up of these men. The remaining 10 regiments are all recruited from 4 Magar/Gurung/Rai and Limbu tribes. You will also find some Tamangs/Sunwars/Sherpas mixed in with the Rai/Limbu regiments. All these tribes are pure Tibeto-Burman Mongolian men from the hills of Nepal. They have no blood relation with the Indians and chase their ancestry to Mongolia/Serbia/Tibet/ etc depending on the tribe. So Gurkhas as a whole are a Tibeto-Burman race and looks Mongolian in appearance. Only the men from the 9th Gurkha rifles have some Indo-Aryan blood and some looks Indian but they make a very small percentage of the Gurkhas. All Gurkhas are Nepalese, not Indians but you do find Nepalese who looks pure Indian in Nepal. Nepal is a melting pot of culture. There are more than 100 different tribes in Nepal, all with their own Language and culture. Its where Indo-Aryans from south and Mongolian people from north met and lives side by side in peace. Hope that helps to explain why Gurkhas looks Chinese.
The Gurkhas(British Army) and The Gorkha(Indian Army), these brave of the bravest are not Indian but Nepalese, the fear fighters from the high land of Nepal. They are military units in the British or the Indian army (Gorkhas) enlisted in Nepal.
Gurkha units are closely associated with the khukuri, a forward-curving Nepalese knife. Former Chief of Staff of the Indian Army, Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, once famously said[2] about Gurkhas: "If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha."
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Nepal has always been a sovereign country. You do not have enough research. When India was enslaved by British back then, Nepal stood sovereign and they fought fiercely against British colonial army that's how Gurkha/Gorkha Regiment came into establishment!
British didn't conquer Nepal because they did not have any reason to do so. They needed hill stations for holidaying and recreation for that they had Shimla and got Darjeeling, kumaon,garwhal by treaty of sagauli.
If they wanted to annex Nepal at that time no one could have stopped them from doing so.
Many nepalis are Indians. There are both Nepali (citizens) and Indian gorkhas in the Indian Army.
Wrong buddy. Stop listening to the British nonsense. They love to divide us as much as they can. First of all India was not enslaved, it was colonized. Big difference! Nepal was beaten by Rajputs who established their empire over there in Nepal. British colonial army consisted of many, many INDIAN regulars! The only reason Britain was able to make any inroad was because of Islam, no unity only a fractured land with many, many kingdoms all vying for ower and influence. It was the worst time in India's history. Alexander the Great dare not make an y more inroads into India becase he just had a taste of a an United India (partially at least). it was enough to make his men weary.
I am not saying Gurkhas don;t make great soldiers but stop living in this bubble thinking you were so great. For the British, you served a better purpose being their slaves (soldiers) and fighting their wars, not yours!
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