Ayo gorkhali : a history of the gurkhas /
Tim I.Gurung.
- New Delhi : Westland publication pvt ltd, 2020.
- xiv, 320 p. : ill.,map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In WWI alone, 200,000 Gurkhas out of Nepal's five million people took up arms for the British cause. A further 250,000 Gurkhas fought alongside the British in WWII. In their 200-year history, the Gurkhas have served in places such as Malaya, Singapore, Borneo, East Timor, Hong Kong, Cyprus, the Falklands, Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo. Although the British Empire's reign in Asia has ended, some 3,5000 Gurkhas are currently serving in the British Army in the UK.