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Gurkha Rifles

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Historical books online
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1976-better-to-die-the-story-of-the-gurkhas-by-bishop-s-pdf/ ''Better to Die - the Story of the Gurkhas''] by Edward Bishop 1976. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1984-the-gurkhas-by-farwell-s-pdf/ ''The Gurkhas''] by Byron Farwell 1984 Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. Also available at the [https://archive.org/details/gurkhas00byro Archive.org Lending Library]. Describes their manners, customs, and character, and their history as soldiers
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1999-a-special-corps-the-beginnings-of-gorkha-service-with-the-british-by-coleman-s-pdf/ ''A Special Corps : the Beginnings of Gorkha Service with the British''] by A.P. Coleman. 1999 . Link to a pdf download, PAHAR - Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD).*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1999-the-gurkhas-the-inside-story-of-the-worlds-most-feared-soldiers-by-parker-s-pdf/ ''The Gurkhas : the inside story of the world's most feared soldiers''] by John Parker 1999. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR - Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD). If download button does not display, locate in Books/Nepal.
*For personal accounts by officers, see [[3rd Gurkha Rifles]] for John Morris's autobiography, and [[4th Gurkha Rifles]] for John Masters's autobiographies.
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