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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorkha_regiments_(India) Gorkha Regiments (India)] Wikipedia<br> | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorkha_regiments_(India) Gorkha Regiments (India)] Wikipedia<br> | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Gorkha_Rifles 5 Gorkha Rifles] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Gorkha_Rifles 5 Gorkha Rifles] Wikipedia | ||
===Historical books online=== | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924024153623 ''Notes on Goorkhas:
being a short account of their country, history, characteristic, clans, &c.'']
by Captain Eden Vansittart, 5th Goorkhas 1890 Archive.org | |||
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Revision as of 23:55, 17 March 2014
Refer to general article Gurkha Rifles
The Hazara Gurkha Battalion
Chronology
- 1858 raised as 25th Punjab Infantry or Hazara Gurkha Battalion
- 1861 renamed the 5th Gurhka Regiment
- 1891 became 5th Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment
- 1901 name shortened to 5th Gurkha Rifles
- 1921 became 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles
- 1947 became part of the Indian Army
- 1950 renamed the 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
External Links
- Gorkha Regiments (India) Wikipedia
- 5 Gorkha Rifles Wikipedia
Historical books online
- Notes on Goorkhas: being a short account of their country, history, characteristic, clans, &c. by Captain Eden Vansittart, 5th Goorkhas 1890 Archive.org