9th Gorkha Rifles
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title:
9th Gorkha Rifles
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The 9th Gorkha Rifles is a Gorkha infantry regiment of the Indian Army and, previously, the British Army. The regiment was initially formed by the British in 1817, and was one of the Gurkha regiments transferred to the Indian Army after independence as part of the tripartite agreement in 1947. This Gorkha regiment mainly recruits soldiers who come from Nepal's Gorkhali Kshatriya community i.e. the Chhetri and Thakuri clans. Domiciled Indian Gorkhas are also recruited, and they form about 20 perc
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Military unit
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th_Gorkha_Rifles
date created:
2006-12-03T12:52:12Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T06:04:42Z
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