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Gurkha
Gurkha , ethnic group of Nepal and neighboring areas. They claim descent from the Rajputs of N India and entered Nepal from the west after being driven from India. They conquered (early 16th cent.) the small Nepalese state of Gurkha (or Gorkha) and henceforth called themselves Gurkhas. They expa... Read more
Darjeeling
Darjeeling or Darjiling , town (1991 pop. 73,062), West Bengal state, NE India, near the border of Sikkim state. Its most famous product is tea, a major cash crop in the region. The town is the administrative center for the Darjeeling Gurkha Autonomous Hill Council and a moarket for grains, spic... Read more
Katmandu
Katmandu or Kathmandu , city (1991 pop. 421,258), capital of Nepal, central Nepal, c.4,500 ft (1,370 m) above sea level, in a fertile valley of the E Himalayas. It is the administrative, business, and commercial center of Nepal, and lies astride an ancient trade and pilgrim route from India to T... Read more
Sikkim
Sikkim , state (2001 provisional pop. 540,493), 2,745 sq mi (7,110 sq km), India. It is located in the E Himalayas and bordered by Nepal (W), by the Tibet region of China (N), by Bhutan (E), and by the Indian state of West Bengal (S). The capital and only town is Gangtok. Most of Sikkim is mountaino... Read more
spinning
spinning the drawing out, twisting, and winding of fibers into a continuous thread or yarn. From antiquity until the Industrial Revolution, spinning was a household industry. The roughly carded fiber was at first held in one hand and drawn out and twisted by the other hand. The earliest tools were ... Read more
Nepal
Nepal , independent nation (2005 est. pop. 27,677,000), c.54,000 sq mi (139,860 sq km), central Asia. Landlocked and isolated by the Himalayas, Nepal is bordered on the west, south, and east by India, and on the N by the Tibet region of China. Katmandu is the capital. Land and People Geo... Read more
Bengal
Bengal , region, 77,442 sq mi (200,575 sq km), E India and Bangladesh, on the Bay of Bengal. The inland section is mountainous, with peaks up to 12,000 ft (3,660 m) high in the northwest, but most of Bengal is the fertile land of the Ganges-Brahmaputra alluvial plains and delta. Along the coast are ... Read more
Tibet
Tibet , Tibetan Bodyul, Mandarin Xizang, autonomous region (1994 est. pop. 2,300,000), c.471,700 sq mi (1,221,700 sq km), SW China. A Chinese autonomous region since 1951, Tibet is bordered on the south by Myanmar, India, Bhutan, and Nepal, on the west by India (including the disputed Kashmir), ... Read more
India
India officially Republic of India, republic (2005 est pop. 1,080,264,000), 1,261,810 sq mi (3,268,090 sq km), S Asia. The second most populous country in the world, it is also sometimes called Bharat, its ancient name. India's land frontier (c.9,500 mi/15,290 km long) stretches from the Arabian Se... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Gurkha"

Gurkha
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Gurkha ETHNONYM: Gurkhali "Gurkha" is not the name of an ethnic group but rather the name given...driven thence to the Nepalese hills by the Muslim invasions. The Gurkha military tradition can be traced back to the sixteenth century...
Nepalis
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...Narayan Shah, the ninth king in the Gurkha dynasty, conquered the Kathmandu Valley...in India. Defeat during the Anglo-Gurkha war (1814 – 1816) saw Nepal...groups who traditionally have served as Gurkha soldiers. Techn
Nepal
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...History and politics In 1768, Nepal united under Gurkha rule. Gurkha expansion into n India led to conflict with Britain...1923, Britain recognized Nepal as a sovereign state. Gurkha soldiers fought in the British Army during both World...
Darjeeling
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...administrative center for the Darjeeling Gurkha Autonomous Hill Council and a moarket...army in 1959 live in the vicinity. A Gurkha uprising in the 1980s in the Darjeeling...establishment of what is now the Darjeeling Gurkha Autonomous Hill Council.
Gurung
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...allowing the British army to recruit them and other hill peoples into the Gurkha regiments, in which they continue to serve. Beyond ancient legend and...The most important source of cash income for Gurungs is service in the Gurkha reg
Gurkhas
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...with the kukri knife—earned much respect. The king of Nepal was invited to supply Gurkha contingents to the British Indian army. Gurkha battalions served with distinction in many colonial engagements, including the Indian mutiny...
Magar
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...Under the British Raj, when Magars served as mercenaries in the Gurkha Brigade, a few families settled Permanently in north India...traditional administrative district called Kihun Thum. Prior to the Gurkha conquest the Thum apparently was part of a petty kingdom ruled...
Chindits
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...which comprised the 13th Kings Liverpool Regiment, 3/2nd Gurkha Rifles, No. 142 Commando Company, and the 2nd Burma Rifles...men which included the all-British 70th Division, 4/9th Gurkha Rifles, and troops from British West Africa. Each brigade...
Tibet
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...18th cent., British authorities in India attempted to establish relations with Lhasa, but the Gurkha invasion of 1788 and the subsequent Gurkha war (1792) with Tibet brought an abrupt end to the rapprochement. Jesuits and Capuchins had visited...
spinning
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...threads for the famed Dacca muslin were produced by revolving needle-thin pieces of bamboo in a coconut shell. The primitive Gurkha wheel was used to spin coarse yarns. In Europe from the 14th to the 16th cent. the distaff and spindle were gradually superseded...

Dictionary entries related to "Gurkha"

Gurkha
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Gurkha a member of any of several peoples of Nepal noted for their military prowess...army established specifically for Nepalese recruits in the mid 19th century. Gurkha is the name of a locality, from the Sanskrit word for ‘cowherd...
Gurkhas
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...with the kukri knife—earned much respect. The king of Nepal was invited to supply Gurkha contingents to the British Indian army. Gurkha batallions served with distinction in many colonial engagements, including the Indian mutiny...
Amritsar Massacres
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...Sahib. On 13 April 1919, following nationalist riots against the Rowlatt Bills which had led to the death of five Englishmen, Gurkha troops under the command of Brigadier R. H. Dyer fired on peaceful, unarmed nationalist crowds gathered in the Jallianwala...
Nepal
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Nepal, a kingdom in the Himalayas, was formed in the 18th cent. out of the expansion of the Gurkha clans of the Kathmandu valley. In 1814–16 the kingdom was defeated by Lord Hastings and brought into tributary relations...
Amritsar massacre
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...The massacre in Amritsar followed the killing, three days before, of five Englishmen and the beating of an Englishwoman. Gurkha troops under the command of Brigadier R. H. Dyer fired on a crowd gathered in the Jallianwala Bagh, an enclosed park, killing...
Burma Campaigns (World War II)
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...his troops switched sides to join the Allies. As General Slim's 14th Army advanced down the Irrawaddy, a force of Indian, Gurkha, and West African forces moved through the jungle of the Arakan, supported by air-drop and amphibious operations. The Japanese...

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RIGHTS-NEPAL: GURKHA PENSIONERS PRESSURE BRITAIN FOR PAY PARITY
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 9/27/1999; 700+ words ; ...KATHMANDU, Sep. 26 (IPS) -- A Nepali Gurkha soldier was among the first two British...would get. For the past five years, the Gurkha Army Ex-servicemen Organization (GAESO...in the early seventies, could help the Gurkha case, says Henrietta Hill, a British...
UNITED KINGDOM: GURKHA BRIGADE WELCOMES VC HERO TO LONDON
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/5/2007; 700+ words ; ...the following news release: A former Gurkha from Nepal who was awarded the Victoria...officially welcomed by members of the Gurkha regiment. Following discussions between...the Brigade of Gurkhas, the Queen's Gurkha Orderly Officers and a representative...
Gurkha Soldiers Demands Equal Treatment from Britain
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 8/10/1996; 555 words ; Nepal's former Gurkha soldiers, who had served in the British...them discriminately. A group of ex-Gurkha servicemen told a press conference Friday...government," said chairman of the Ex-Gurkha Association Padam Bahadur Gurung. According...
Gurkha pensioners up in arms
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 7/17/1998; ; 700+ words ; ALMOST 15,000 former British Army Gurkha soldiers and their families marched on...cent in the pension allowance of former Gurkha troops. Famous for being "indomitable...in the words of the First World War Gurkha veteran Sir Ralph Turner - the force...
Call for Gurkha girls.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 10/24/2008; 700+ words ; Byline: Matthew Hickley GURKHA soldiers have never submitted easily...fought through the courts to block hero Gurkha veterans from settling in Britain...standards of combat training for male Gurkha recruits - simply to avoid being sued...
Gurkha veterans wage tough new fight to settle in Britain.(WORLD)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 4/29/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...vote on extending residency rights to Gurkha veterans. The government unveiled new...former soldiers to live in the country. Gurkha campaigners, however, have accused ministers...betrayal," and claim that as few as 100 Gurkha veterans would meet the new criteria allowing...
Returning Gurkha soldiers become misfits in their own land.(World)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 5/15/2001; 700+ words ; ...happy back down on the farm? That's the Gurkha dilemma. Best known as the fierce fighters...as the British Army reduces its last Gurkha Brigade from 8,000 to 2,500 soldiers...sense of discontent felt by many in the Gurkha heartland, deep in the western mountains...
WIN A TATA GURKHA; Just call 0930 525 245.(Competitions/Offers)
Newspaper article from: The People (London, England); 9/28/1997; 565 words ; ...own a brand new, turbo-charged Tata Gurkha. Just answer our simple questions and...load bearer and family car, the Tata Gurkha really is a breed apart. Need a workhorse...jauntier set of wheels for the weekend? The Gurkha fits that bill too. In fact there's...
Gurkha heroes take pension equality battle into court; Veterans call for an end to 'discrimination'.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 10/27/2009; 700+ words ; ...they served alongside, says the British Gurkha Welfare Society. The society, which...still, it is estimated that about 7,000 Gurkha veterans who served for less than 15 years...currently rely heavily on charity from the Gurkha Welfare Scheme to survive," General...
Historic Gurkha Battle Commemorated
News Wire article from: AP Online; 10/26/2001; ; 669 words ; ...Writer AP Online 10-26-2001 Historic Gurkha Battle Commemorated LONDON (AP) -- The courage and loyalty of Gurkha soldiers has been commemorated in a new...impressed Queen Victoria that seven extra Gurkha regiments were created in the British...