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*[http://archive.org/stream/chareekarservice00haug#page/n3/mode/2up ''Char-ee-kar and service there with the 4th Goorkha Regiment (Shah Shooja's force) in 1841: an episode of the first Afghan War''] by Colonel Haughton 1879 Archive.org
*[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
*Available to read online on ''Handbooks for the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] websiteIndian Army:Gurkhas''**''Handbooks for the Indian Army: Gurkhas'' Compiled under the orders of the Government by Lieut- Colonel Eden Vansittart 2nd Bn 10th Gurkha Rifles. revised by Major B U Nicolay 1st Bn, 4th Gurkha Rifles 1915 (Reprint 1918), is available to read as a [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/237136 pdf download] , Digital Library of India, catalogued as Gurkhas (1915).**''Handbooks for the Indian Army: Gurkhas'' Compiled under the orders of the Government by Major C J Morris, late 2nd Bn, 3rd QAO Gurkha Rifles Second edition 1936, revised by the author, first published 1933, is available to read as a [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/238360 pdf download], Digital Library of India, catalogued as Gurkhas (1936).
*[https://archive.org/details/undertenviceroys00woodiala ''Under Ten Viceroys: the Reminiscences of a Gurkha''] by Major-General Nigel Woodyatt 1922 Archive.org. Chapters XII and XIII are specifically about the Gurkhas.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/505973 ''The Gurkhas'']. 1928. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Full title: ''The Gurkhas: their Manners, Customs and Country'' by Major W Brook Northey, late 1st KGO Gurkha Rifles and Captain C J Morris 3rd QAO Gurkha Rifles. *[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/126645 ''The Gurkhas''] Pdf download, Digital Library of India. A regimental history. This appears to be a reprint edition, for which no author is given, and which advises first published 1960. However the text final chapter refers to events in 1964.The most likely publication appears to be ''The Gurkhas'' by Harold James and Denis Sheil-Small published 1965, London.
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