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Gurkha Soldiers Demands Equal Treatment from Britain
; Nepal's former Gurkha soldiers, who had served in the British...treating them discriminately. A group of ex-Gurkha servicemen told a press conference Friday...British government," said chairman of the Ex-Gurkha Association Padam Bahadur Gurung. According...
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Call for Gurkha girls.
; Byline: Matthew Hickley GURKHA soldiers have never submitted easily, preferring...and equal rights lawyers to recruit female Gurkhas. The Government - having fought through the courts to block hero Gurkha veterans from settling in Britain - is imposing...
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EX-Gurkhas' Group Hails Britain's Decision on Equal
; An ex-Gurkha soldiers' group in Nepal has welcomed Britain...decision to pay same salaries to serving Gurkha soldiers in the British Army as their British...counterparts. Padma Gurung, Chairman of the Ex-Gurkha Association here, said Wednesday that Britain...
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Gurkhas stage parliament demo over ban on settling in UK
; Around 40 Gurkha soldiers and supporters marched from Parliament Square...a petition signed by 45,000 people in support of the Gurkhas, before laying a wreath at the foot of a Gurkha soldier statue outside the Ministry of Defence.The protest...
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POLITICS: Clegg backs rights protest by Gurkha VC medal holder.(News)
; A Gurkha recipient of the highest military award...Street in protest over the treatment of Gurkha soldiers. He was accompanied by Liberal...Clegg who is backing the campaign to allow Gurkhas who retired before 1997 the right to settle...
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'Nepalese rely on Gurkhas' return' CAMPAIGN: MP says the issues have been 'somewhat simplified'.(News)
; ...O'Brien says Britain must do right by Gurkha soldiers. But the Labour MP stopped short of giving full backing to the Gurkhas' campaign for the government to grant...Reform says he sympathises with former Gurkha soldiers from Nepal who served in the...
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Gurkha heroes win the right to stay in Britain; Triumphant: Joanna Lumley with VC hero Tul Bahadur Pun.
; Byline: Vanessa Allen, Matthew Hickley GURKHA war heroes won the right to stay in...traditional war cry of 'Ayo Gorkhali!' - 'the Gurkhas are coming!' - after the landmark judgment. More than 2,000 former Gurkhas were refused permission to live here...
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Ex-Gurkhas in Nepal to Press for Pension Parity
; The Gurkha Army Ex-Servicemen 's Organization said...pension parity for the retired British Gurkhas at an international human rights meeting...the decision after consulting with fellow Gurkha pensioners as well as human rights activists...
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Gurkha pensioners up in arms
; 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's...
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Artist captures key moment of Gurkha loyalty
; ...DEFINING moment in the history of the Gurkha regiment is being commemorated by an important...the battle of Delhi Ridge in which the Gurkhas, recruited from the mountains of Nepal...In 1857, during the Indian Mutiny, the Gurkhas remained loyal and fought alongside British...
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