The history of the Gorkha Regiment in India is 200 years old. After independence, the Gorkha battalions played a crucial role in all the wars fought by India. Particularly, the Gorkhas from Nepal ...
Hari Budha Magar, a former soldier in the Gurkha regiment, set out to be the first double above-the-knee amputee to scale the mountain. Hari, 43, who lives in Canterbury, took on the challenge to ...
Hari Budha Magar lost both legs when an IED exploded while he on patrol in Afghanistan A former soldier in the Gurkha regiment who lost both legs in Afghanistan is to take on Mount Everest.
For more than 200 years, the British army has recruited soldiers from Nepal for its Gurkha regiment. Gurkhas have fought as British soldiers in two world wars and other notable conflicts.