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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Gorkha_Rifles Gurkha Rifles] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Gorkha_Rifles Gurkha Rifles] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurkha Gurkha] Wikipedia<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurkha Gurkha] Wikipedia<br />
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071228105027/http://www.regiments.org/nations/southasia/nepal.htm Nepal including Gurkha Regiments] Regiments.org, an archived website.


===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===

Revision as of 21:51, 13 October 2012

Gurkha tribesmen began to be recruited into the Bengal Army after the Gurkha War in 1816. They bore many names before becoming Gurkha Rifles. Articles on the regiments can be found as follows:

The 11th Gurkha Rifles was raised during the 1st World War then disbanded. The 25th, 26th & 29th Gurkha Rifles were raised during the 2nd World War then disbanded.

On the FIBIS website British Indian Army regiments are listed with titles as at the re-organisation of 1895. So 6th, 7th & 8th Gurkha Rifles are in articles titled 42nd, 43rd & 44th Gurkha Rifles. At the Partition of India in 1947 the regiments were given the choice of attachment to the British Army or the Indian Army. The 1st, 2nd, 6th, 7th & 10th Regiments chose Britain. The 3rd, 4th, 5th , 8th & 9th Regiments chose India.

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Historical books online