Gorkha regiments (India)

[1] The Gorkha regiments played a major role as part of the Commonwealth armies during both World Wars seeing action from Monte Cassino in the west to Rangoon in the east, and earning extensive battle honours.

In order to retain a contingent from this area of Nepal, the Indian Army made the decision to raise the 11 Gorkha Rifles.

Since independence, the Gorkhas have fought in every major campaign involving the Indian Army, and have been awarded numerous battle and theatre honours.

The 5th Battalion of the 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force), 5/5 GR (FF), fought gallantly in the Hyderabad police action in 1948, during which Nk.

The 4th Battalion, 4/5 GR (FF), fought in the Battle of Sylhet, earning the distinction of being the first regiment of the Indian Army to be involved in a heliborne attack.

Under the Indian Army, Gorkhas have served in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Siachen, and in UN peacekeeping missions in Lebanon, Sudan, and Sierra Leone.

Major Dhan Singh Thapa of the 1st Battalion, 8 Gorkha Rifles, 1/8 GR, won the Param Vir Chakra for his heroic actions during the 1962 Sino-Indian conflict.

The 1st Battalion of the 11th Gorkha Rifles, 1/11 GR, was involved in the Kargil War of 1999, where Lt. Manoj Kumar Pandey was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra for gallantry.

Lt. Hari Singh Bist of the 3rd Battalion of the 11th Gorkha Rifles was awarded a Shaurya Chakra posthumously for his bravery in a close combat encounter with JeM terrorists in Mendhar in Kashmir.

[5] A platoon of the 1/11 Gorkha Rifles, led by Lt. Manoj Kumar Pandey and commanded by Col. Lalit Rai has been depicted in the Bollywood movie LOC: Kargil.