5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force), also abbreviated as 5 GR(FF) is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army comprising Gurkha soldiers of Nepalese origin...
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adopted by the 8 Gorkha Regiment as their Colonel of the Regiment post- Independence. The 5th Battalion of the 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force), 5/5 GR (FF)...
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The 11th Gorkha Rifles is a Gorkha regiment of the Indian Army that was re-raised after independence. The regiment consists of primarily the Kirant Tribes...
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1st Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment), often referred to as the 1st Gorkha Rifles, or 1 GR in abbreviation, is the most senior Gorkha Infantry regiment...
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Regiment and after India gained independence, moved to the 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force). He was involved in combat during the Second World War in...
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The 4th Gorkha Rifles or the Fourth Gorkha Rifles, abbreviated as 4 GR, is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army comprising Gurkha soldiers of Indian...
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Regiment) 3rd Gorkha Rifles 4th Gorkha Rifles 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) 8th Gorkha Rifles 9th Gorkha Rifles 11th Gorkha Rifles Gurkha (disambiguation)...
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Kilo Force, Victor Force of the Rashtriya Rifles come under the operational control of the corps Though commissioned into the 4th Gorkha Rifles, he was...
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Punjab Frontier. Most of them were allotted to Pakistan at the time of the independence of Pakistan. Only the 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force), and the...
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Falklands War India: Para (Indian Special Forces)/ Special Frontier Force Canada: The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada New Zealand: Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment...
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The 8th Gorkha Rifles is a Gorkha regiment of the Indian Army. It was raised in 1824 as part of the British East India Company and later transferred to...
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1947. The 4th Battalion joined the Indian Army as the 5th Battalion, 8th Gorkha Rifles (Sirmoor Rifles), where it exists to this day. As part of the British...
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48th Highlanders of Canada 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) 5 Special Forces Regiment 8th Gorkha Rifles 9th Gorkha Rifles A Company, SKNDF Algonquin...
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December 1925) was an Indian Army officer. He served with the 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) regiment. He was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra, India's second-highest...
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Indian Gorkhas, also known as Nepali Indians, are an Indian ethno-cultural group who speak Nepali as a common language. They inhabit mainly the states...
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(PDF). 21 October 1987. Retrieved 4 March 2023. Shekhar, Chandra (2016). Gorkha Hat and Maroon Beret. Ambi Knowledge Resources Pvt.Ltd. ISBN 978-8190359160...
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57 Mountain Divisions, under its command, in addition to troops of Assam Rifles. The 8 Mountain Division was moved out to Kashmir in 1990. The corps is...
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Lieutenant General Har Krishen Sibal MVC June 1972 November 1973 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) 5 Lieutenant General Khem Karan Singh MVC November 1973 March...
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re-designated as North Western Army to guard the borders at North West Frontier during World War II. It controlled the Kohat, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Baluchistan...
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Anant Singh Pathania (category Frontier Force Regiment officers)
selected as the first Indian CO of the 1/5 Gorkha Rifles, his parent unit of the 13th Frontier Force Rifles having been allocated to Pakistan. As CO, he...
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with Vice-Admirals of the Indian Navy and Air Marshals of the Indian Air Force. Since they should not draw equivalent or more salary than the next higher...
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currently consists of: 71 Mountain Division, headquartered at Missamari. 5th Mountain Division (Ball of Fire Division), headquartered at Rupa near Bomdila...
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remainder of the war in the face of repeated attacks. The 9 Division’s reserve force, 50 Para Brigade, engaged in a brief skirmish at Khajura north of Jessore...
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R.D. (1991). History of the 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force), Vol III. 1858 to 1991. Shillong: The Commandant, 58 Gorkha Training Centre. Rana, B. K...
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Army operations to secure the area for India. Initially a division sized force Jammu and Kashmir Division was raised on 5 November 1947 under Maj Gen Kulwant...
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formed in 1940 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) — allocated to India in 1947, became 'Gorkha' in 1949, and finally 5th Gorkha Rifles in 1950 Home...
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54th Infantry Division (India) (category Units of the Indian Peace Keeping Force)
MLI) 2nd battalion, 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) (2/5 GR) 74 Infantry Brigade 4th battalion, Sikh Light Infantry (4 Sikh LI) 5th battalion, Madras...
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Indian Army during World War I (redirect from Indian Expeditionary Force)
Front 39th Garhwal Rifles march in France 1st Gorkha Rifles charge trench near Merville, France Indian officers of 39th Garhwal Rifles on Estaire La Bassée...
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Rifles Pipes and Drums of 5th Battalion, 4 Gorkha Rifles Pipes and Drums of 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) Pipes and Drums of 11th Gorkha Rifles 14...
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