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GAESO requests UK govt to solve issues related to Gorkha soldiers

KATHMANDU, Feb 2: The Gurkha Army Ex-Servicemen's Organization (GAESO) has asked the British government, and specifically General Sir Patrick Sanders, chief of army staff of Britain, who is on a visit to Nepal to address the long-standing inequalities faced by Nepali Gorkha soldiers.

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Call for result-oriented seventh round of talks with Britain

KATHMANDU: The Ex-British Gorkha Satyagraha Joint Struggle Committee has urged the Nepal government to ensure that the seventh round of dialogue with Britain, addressing issues such as equal pensions for ex-Gorkha soldiers, is result-oriented. At a press conference today, Coordinator of the Satyagraha Struggle Committee Bhim Bahadur Tawa Limbu warned of street protests and legal […]

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GAESO requests UK govt to solve issues related to Gorkha soldiers

KATHMANDU, Feb 2: The Gurkha Army Ex-Servicemen's Organization (GAESO) has asked the British government, and specifically General Sir Patrick Sanders, chief of army staff of Britain, who is on a visit to Nepal to address the long-standing inequalities faced by Nepali Gorkha soldiers.

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India mulling over ‘redistributing’ vacancies of Nepali Gorkha soldiers to other army units after Nepal’s opposition to Agnipath scheme

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Nepali movie Soul of the commando to premiere in UK

Soul of the commando, a Nepali film based on the life story of Gorkha soldiers, is going to premiere in the UK

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Indian Army Day

The Indian Embassy marked 74th Indian Army Day at a function in Kathmandu on 20 February. Gen Prabhu Ram Sharma Nepal Army Chief, who is also an honorary general in the Indian Army was the Chief Guest also attended by Indian Ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra and former Nepal Army chiefs. Kwatra thanked Gorkha soldiers in the Indian […]

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Indian Embassy in Kathmandu marks India's 75th Independence Day

KATHMANDU, Aug 16: The 75th Independence Day of India was celebrated at the Embassy of India in Kathmandu on Sunday. According to the Embassy of India in Nepal, the celebration was part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ which is an initiative of the Government of India to celebrate 75 years of progressive India and remarkable achievements by Indians in all spheres of human endeavor. The celebrations began with hoisting of the national flag by Ambassador of India Shri Vinay Mohan Kwatra, who then read out the message of the President of India on the occasion. The President’s message highlighted the progress in various fields in the past 75 years and paid tribute to freedom fighters who laid their lives for the independence of India. The Ambassador felicitated widows and next of kin of deceased Gorkha soldiers of Indian Armed Forces by disbursing their dues worth NPR 4.45 Crore and a blanket to each family. The celebrations witnessed rendition of patriotic songs and dance by teachers and students of Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre of the Embassy and Kendriya Vidyalaya school, Kathmandu. On the occasion, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) website for conservation of cultural heritage sites in Nepal was also launched by Ambassador of India Shri Vinay Mohan Kwatra. Government of India is funding projects for the preservation and restoration of Nepal’s cultural monuments damaged in the 2015 earthquake under an overall assistance of US$ 50 million. Government of India’s Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav to commemorate historic milestone in Independent India’s journey was launched in March 2021and will continue till 15 August 2023.

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Nepal’s First War Museum

It is a matter of pride that Nepalis had proven their mettle to protect the nation's territory, sovereignty and integrity by defeating the foreign forces during the Nepal-Anglo War. This is the reason why the country has never fallen into the clutches of foreign powers. Sindhuligadhi is one of the places where the Nepali soldiers had defeated the foreign troops. It was November 1767 when the Gorkha soldiers under the command of Bir Bhadra Upadhyay and Sirdar Banshu Gurung

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COVID-19 and New World Order

My maternal grandfather who is 96 never misses to talk about the Second World War whenever I go and visit him. Elaborated anecdotes of the brave Gorkha soldiers fighting in the Burmese front under the Allied Command quickly change to more subdued references to the genocide, massacres, mass bombings and starvation. World War I had seen 40 million military and civilian casualties while the Second World War saw this increase to 75 million deaths. Thirty thousand Gorkha soldiers died in the World War II alone. Disease outbreak was a depressing corollary of all these wars and conflicts.

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