If it wasn't for the Gurkas I probably would not exist. During WWII my grandfather was captured by the Japanese and was on his death march to a concentration camp. The Gurkas ambushed the Japanese soldiers and rescued my Grandfather. I thank the Gurkas from the bottom of my heart.
I am a ordinary British citizen.....I have never served in her majesty's armed service....But the respect I hold for the Ghurkhas and the gratitude I owe holds no bounds......My family and grandchildren sleep in peace every night because of your contribution to keeping my nation free from oppression and tyranny..........Thank You.
... but a lot of kids in the Middle East, Afghanistan etc can not sleep in peace because of the Western Armies (USA, UK, NATO etc) terrifying that part of the world. The brave Gurkha Warriors do not wanna get dragged into the problems which they don't wanna get into in the first place.
british government were very smart to have a treaty with nepalese government then, by doing that, they not only saved the armies (both british and nepalese) from being dead but they also won lots of battle ,,if it wasnt for that treaty there would have been a great animosity , they learned about the true bravery of gurkhas when it didnt turn out really well when they wanted to capture nepal for the resources and all, something that was not mentioned by this gentle man, btw very delightful lecture,,
Netflix wht u waitin. Gurkha the movie and the history come on!! Money here and content is real and solid. Billions will watch the courage of men who fought and risked their lives for our generation.
they weren't copying the british by wearing red jackets, white belts and giving orders in english. Prithvi Narayan Shah was very, very clever and far-sighted. He did so because he wanted themselves to be mistaken for the british so that they would be blamed instead of us. Another tale of Gurkha cunningness; when the chinese invaded us, gorkhali army were heavily outnumbered. but the chinese forces were yet to reach us (i think they were marching down the mountain towards us). it was night time and to our advantage. gorkhalis gathered all the bulls and buffalos in the kingdom, tied torches on their horns and let them run amok towards the chinese, and the entire army ran among them carrying torches, shouting battle cries. they also tied torches to the trees. the chinese believed THEY were outnumbered and retreated.
Anh Quan Chu Sino-Nepalese War, 1788. i'm not sure if it was gorkha's land or gorkha-occupied/controlled land though. Gorkhalis started the war, but it was with Tibet, China later decided to intervene. and there was another war with Tibet in 1855, the 'Nepalese-Tibetan War'. both have wikipedia entries if u want to know more.
Hopefully, there wil be a movie about Prithivi Narayan Shah and TV episodes like The Game of thrones about his ancestors and the Ranas till Gyanendra. How cool would it be? He is right about Nepal being a failed state though. Since Prachanda and his gang of hooligans took over Nepal and other political parties followed him Nepal is going down the drain and it will be downhil till Prachanda and his gang are kicked out.
+jigmi lama The most discussed topic among the students involved in these sectors. They lack proper support and also it might need the biggest budget ever.
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the british ruled most of the world so humane civilisation exists he taught about more good things in return...and he got a right friend in the mean time ...let it shine and prevail.
no, thank you. First the Brits opened fire to Nepal from five different fronts, of which Nepal lost three. That lead to Sugauli Treaty 1816 and Nepal lost one third of its land to British India Company. While leaving India, Brits did not return back our land. These days the land belongs to India. We call the total territory of Nepal before British invasion 'Greater Nepal' and aspire to bring that land to justice.
Ya Nepal never got invaded. But Whatever the Gentleman said is so true I completely agree with it. Thanks for explaning this I wish every british will understand the sacrifices made by Nepalese.
Major Gordon I really liked the way you presented about the Gurkhas ! But in fact Gurkhas have really sacrificed during WW I and WW II. I have some grudges against the British ! During the two Great Wars there were so many Gurkhas killed and missing and finally there was no accountability. Can you please highlight on all those matters ?
I don't get it. All you need to do is cut MP's expense accounts by 5%, make them pay for the things ordinary peasants pay for and....VIOLA, a Ghurkha battalion for the use of. Then again, there is more honour in a Ghurkha's nail clippings than those jackals in Westminster.
bura phaka daju bhai hatu le garda kati garib nepali daju bhai haru ko sapana ra peet ma lath haneko cha hami gurkha bhanchaw tara sabei affnei lagi swarthi chaw i totally agree with this man better take money pension and stay in nepal than live poverty and poor life in uk nepal is better jai nepal even though the country is corrupted becoz of minister but nepal is our real homeland and wr should respect it
His speech is 30 % wrong. No Nepali flee from anybody or from anywhere. Nepali history is one of the oldest civilization . Even older than chinese and Indian. India was unified by british. And modern India is not even older than my great grandfather. Many of outside world didnt knew about Nepalese civilization because Nepal was never colonized and information of our diverse culture and languages has never been spread outside world.
We gorkha are stupid because we die for other countries only for there love but still no one except us there alots of issue about gorkha regement in every country..
nepali haru ko dimak phutkeko british army ma service garera nepal pjarkera aram ko zindagi nabitayera uk basera k nei paucha ra baru kamau chora chori ko education deu in uk then return back and let your future kids live their life have to get citizen thats crasy nepali haru ko halath uk ma dekhakeiho baru izAth sath aram le afnei matra bhumi ma base bhai haalthiyo ni yei sabei manng haru le garda ahile nepali haru lai shortlist garera pani shortlist garcha nepal bata bharti kati garib gharanaa
Gurkhas in Indian army after in service they are given good amount of salary majority of Gurkhas live in northern west bangal they are the most decorated regiment of indian army
What's the hell you're talking about? Stay in the main subject - a little spelling or enunciation mistake is not important so long he is telling the true story.
Half of the stuffs he said were rubbish. This presentation is maybe okey for those who knows nothing about the Gurkhas but will find this presentation as waste of time by those who themselves either are Gurkhas or have spent the time with Gurkhas.
So are Gurkhas now being expensive and so you want to get rid of Gurkhas! Your intention is still use Gurkhas cheap. Shame on you. Compare to Gurkhas, millions of migrant workers are contributing more on Nepalese economy.
