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Article: Are the days numbered for Nepali Gorkhas in Indian Army?
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- The Hindustan Times
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- May 12, 2008
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New Delhi, May 12 -- "If anyone says he is not afraid of anything, either he is lying or he is a Gorkha," S H.F.J. Manekshaw, the Indian Army's first and only field marshal, once said. Manekshaw preferred calling himself Sam 'Bahadur' as a sign of respect for the brave Gorkha soldiers, a large number of whom came from Nepal.
But the call by Nepal's Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda, who is poised to head the government in the Himalayan nation, not to allow Nepali Gorkhas to work in the Indian Army could impact the long-standing relations between India and Nepal. Prachanda had made the statement to ...