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Valour: Gurkha VCs

The Victoria Cross (VC) is the British military's highest decoration and is awarded to members of the armed forces for exceptional valour in the face of the enemy.
The VC was introduced by Queen Victoria in 1856 but it was only in 1911, when King George V visited India, that Gurkhas became eligible for the award. Since then 26 VCs have been awarded to soldiers of the Brigade of Gurkhas, 13 to British Officers and 13 to Gurkha soldiers. Of those 13, a dozen are pictured here. Gorkhali: Mountain People Click on the VCs marked with purple ribbons to read more about them. Valour: Gurkha VCs Lt Tulbahadur Pun VC Lacchiman Gurung VC The Kukri Recruits: Best of the Best Gurkha Veterans' Rights search

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Rifleman Kulbir Thapa

Third Gurkha Rifles, 1915.

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Third Gurkha Rifles, 1918.

Rifleman Lalbahadur Thapa

Second Gurkha Rifles, 1943. The Royal Gurkha Rifles (MOD) The Gurkha Museum Gurkhas.com

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Fifth Royal Gurkha Rifles, 1943.

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Seventh Gurkha Rifles, 1944

Lt (Hon) Tul Bahadur Pun

Sixth Gurkha Rifles, 1944

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Fifth Royal Gurkha Rifles, 1944.

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Fifth Royal Gurkha Rifles, 1944.

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Fifth Royal Gurkha Rifles, 1944.

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Rifleman Bhanbhagta Gurung

Second Gurkha Rifles, 1944.

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Eighth Gurkha Rifles, 1944.

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Tenth Gurkha Rifles, 1944.

Rifleman Sher Bahadur Thapa

Ninth Gurkha Rifles, 1944.

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Overview 800 BCE The Kirati Dynasty Buddha from Nepal 304 BCE Ashoka the Great 400 CE The Licchavi Dynasty 869 CE The Thakuri Dynasty Guru Gorakhnath 1200 The Malla Dynasty Pagodas from Nepal 1600 East India Company established

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Overview 1768 The Fall of Kathmandu 1792 Nepal defeated by China 1806 Bhimsen Thapa, Prime Minister 1814-16 The Anglo-Gorkha War 1817 The Third Maratha War Company Soldiers become 'Lahoreys' 1835 Darjeeling leased from Sikkim 1845 The Anglo-Sikh Wars 1846 Rise of the Ranas 1857 The 'Indian Mutiny' 1878 The Second Afghan War Recruitment and Expansion Bite the Bullet 1914-18 - World War I 1919 The Amritsar Massacre 1939-45 World War II Valour: Gurkha VCs

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Overview 1947 The Partition of India 1948-60 The Malayan Emergency 1948-66 Cuts and Casualties 1950 End of the Rana Regime 1950s New Ideas 1962 Nepali Flag adopted 1963-66 The Borneo Confrontation 1973 Brecon and Sandhurst 1975 King Birendra Crowned 1982 The Falklands War 1985 Gurkhas' Freedom of Brecon 1986 The Hawaii Incident 1990 The Iraq War 1990 Democracy in Nepal 1994 RGR Formed 1996 Nepal's Civil War

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Overview 1997 The Handover of Hong Kong TDBG moves to Church Crookham 1999 Elections in Nepal Ex-Gurkhas' pensions increased 2001 Nepalese Royal Massacre 2002 Nepal's Civil War Escalates Gurkha PoWs win compensation 2003 The Doramba Massacre 2004 The Dailekh Mothers 2005 Nepal: State of Emergency 2006 Peace in Nepal 2007 1 RGR in Afghanistan 2007 Elections in Nepal 2008 Nepali Monarchy Abolished 2008 Ex-Gurkhas' Rights 2009 Ex-Gurkhas' Victory RGR return from Afghanistan Ex-Gurkhas lose pensions case The Future

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