The Gurkhas or Gorkhas are the officers of Nepalese nationality enlisted in British Army, Indian Army, Gurkha Contingent Singapore, Gurkha Reserve Unit Brunei, UN Peace Keeping power and combat areas around the globe. Generally, the expressions "Gurkha" and "Gorkhali" were synonymous with "Pahadi", and gotten from the slope town and region of Gorkha from which the Kingdom of Nepal extended under Prithivi Narayan Shah which along these lines likewise prompt arrangement of Gorkhaland and Indian Gorkha ethnic gathering in India. The name might be followed to the medieval Hindu warrior-holy person Guru Gorakhnath who has a memorable hallowed place in Gorkha. The word itself got from Go-Raksha, raksha getting to be rakha. Rakhawala implies defender and is gotten from raksha also.
Ethnically, Chhetri or Khas , Thakuri, Gurung and Magar essentially were the Gorkha tribes who joined recent Gorkha kingdom and battled against the British intrusions. Be that as it may, today, Gorkha officers for the most part have a place with the Gurung, Magar, Rai, Limbu and Sunuwar, and a modest bunch of Chhetri; there is no ethnicity based confinement to join. There are Gurkha military units in the Nepalese, British and the Indian armed force enrolled in Nepal, United Kingdom and India. In spite of the fact that they meet huge numbers of the necessities of Article 47of Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions with respect to hired fighters, they are absolved under provisions 47 like the French Foreign Legion.
Gurkhas are nearly connected with the khukuri, a forward-bending Nepalese blade, and have an outstanding notoriety for valiant military ability. The previous Indian Army Chief of Staff Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, once expressed that[9] "If a man says he is not anxious of biting the dust, he is either lying or he is a Gurkha
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