POKHARA, Nepal -- Two centuries later, young men are still being drawn from their poverty-stricken Himalayan hills by the thousands to fight -- and die -- with legendary valor for another man's ...

"Afghanistan was a test for the modern Gurkha, to show our forefathers that we are still meeting the standards they set. It was our chance to show that we are continuing the tradition. So far, so good ...

A book titled Warriors from the Himalayas, written by Gordon Elsden, was unveiled at an event held at British Gurkhas Nepal ...

Did you know that one of the most elite parts of the British Army is actually recruited from outside the UK? The Royal Gurkha Rifles, or RGR, is a rifle regiment composed mostly of soldiers from Nepal ...

Hari Budha Magar lost both his legs in 2010 to an IED in Afghanistan while serving with the British Army’s Gurkha regiment. | ...

The Duke of Edinburgh told new Gurkha recruits to be proud of being a “soldier in the British army but a son of Nepal” as he ...

Chongtham Tomba Singh How a Colonial Narrative Reveals the British Flight from Imphal, 1891 Colonial histories often speak most ...