When the Indian government announced the Agnipath recruitment scheme a year ago, it was met with fierce resistance from aspirants to a career in the Indian Army in both India and Nepal. Under the ...
Robert Atkins, who has died aged 97, was awarded an MC in 1953 during the Malaya Emergency while serving with the Gurkha Rifles. A series of attacks by the Malayan Races Liberation Army (MRLA), aimed ...
The valour of Gorkha regiments in the Indian Army is often used by the community as the ultimate proof of their Indianness. Since 1947, Gorkha soldiers have participated in every major conflict, be it ...
Nepal opposed the scheme last year and halted the recruitment of its Gorkhas into the Indian Army.