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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.
Details of the structure of the Regiments are available below.<ref>Great War Forum thread Muerrisch et al. [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/forumstopic/index.php?showtopic=196549 -ghurka-infantry-establishments/ Ghurka infantry establishments]''Great War Forum'' 5 July 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2018.</ref>
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The Gurungs were the largest tribe recruited by the British and Indian Armies for their Gurkha regiments, particularly for recruitment in the West of Nepal. Rais and Limbus were Eastern Nepal - 7th and 10th Gurkhas. The Gurungs, along with the Magars were considered the ''beau ideal'' of what a Gurkha soldier should be.
In the Army most men were known by their 4 digit numbers rather than their names as the number of surnames was extremely limited. One might have 30 Gurungs on parade and young Officers who knew their men knew their numbers. The men also referred to each other by their numbers and each cohort regarded their intake as "number-ies" - men of the same intake and therefore seniority. <ref> Guest (previously Martin G). [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/235254-whats-a-gurung-and-a-thapa/?do=findComment&comment=2351576 whats a GURUNG and a THAPA] ''Great War Forum'' 10 January 2016. Retrieved 3 July June 2018.</ref>
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