Gurkha soldiers, the pride of the Indian Army, why was there no discussion on Prachanda and Modi’s meeting?
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Refusal to join the Indian Army
Nepalese Gurkhas have refused to join the Indian Army under the Agniveer scheme. The decision of the Government of Nepal not to send Nepali Gorkhas to the Indian Army did not go unnoticed by Modi and Dahal. Nepal has not organized any recruitment rally this year. Nepal maintains that the Indian Army’s Agniveer recruitment scheme does not fall under the agreement between the governments of Nepal, India and the UK in 1947, soon after India’s independence.
Last year, the Indian government converted the long-term employment of Gurkha soldiers into short contractual tenures without pension. Due to this, Nepal had stopped the recruitment process for 200 years till there was no clarity. Since then the issue of recruitment of Gorkha soldiers has been in the limelight. In the past, Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pandey had said that if Nepal did not allow recruitment rallies on its soil, then the vacancies for Nepali Gurkhas would have to be ‘redistributed’.
three chief gurkhas of indian army
Nepal is the only foreign country whose citizens serve in the Indian Army. Around 40,000 Gurkhas (39 battalions) are currently part of the seven Gurkha regiments of the Indian Army. These include both Nepali and Indian Gorkha soldiers. The Gorkha Regiment has won several gallantry awards including two Param Vir Chakras. The Gorkha Regiment has given many chiefs to the Indian Army, including the famous Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw and more recently Dalbir Singh Suhag and Bipin Rawat.
What is the history of Gorkha
Sir David Ochterlony, commander of the East India Company army, first recognized the bravery of the Gurkhas, a strong hill tribe, during the Anglo-Nepalese War (1814–16). It was he who invited the Gurkhas to join his army. Since then Gurkhas have been part of many military campaigns including the 1857 rebellion, the Afghan wars and the two world wars. In 1947, India, Britain and Nepal signed a tripartite agreement, after which seven of the 11 existing regiments of Gurkhas in the British Indian Army joined the Indian Army. The remaining four regiments became part of the British Army.
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