#Gurkhas

lexlimbu

lexlimbu

#myfatherisaGurkha - He is also someone who I am immensely proud of. Having lost both his parents at such a young age, he knew he could only make something out

Peter_hopkirk_respecter ☝🏻🇬🇧

PHRespecter

The Gurkhas have struck terror into the hearts of Britain's enemies for two centuries with an unwavering loyalty to the nation and the crown The East India Company (EIC) launched

Rajiv Malhotra

RajivMessage

GAME CHANGER! China hiring large numbers of Gurkhas from Nepal to create several mountain divisions for Chinese army. Gurkhas are great for mountain warfare where Chinese are weak. Will be

Alpha Defense

alpha_defense

Thread : based on my understanding and inputs received.1. IA observed movement on China side.2. IA moved at swiftly and captured feature that was (kind of no man's land)3. IA

Shanmukh

maidros78

There is something to ponder for all Bengalis. a) A Bengali makes a facebook post disrespectful of Muslims; Bengali gets arrested. b) Bengali makes remarks against Marwaris; Bengali is arrestedc)

Arya 🌹

RantingDosa

1/ #JallianwalaBagh - On April 13 1919, British troops gun down at least 379 unarmed demonstrators in Amritsar, India; at least 1200 are wounded.On a Baisakhi day, a meeting of freedom

The Other Chris

TotherChris

A Ladakh-101 thread on what's happening between China and India currently. Caveats: This is Twitter. Tweet limits are limiting. My own knowledge is also limited. That said, I wanted to

Shubhangi Tiwari

shubh19822

Indian Army chief had asserted that Nepal govt was pushing border dispute at the behest of 'someone else' The Defence Min of Nepal has said that Chief's comments are hurtful

Vikramaditya Singh

vikramaditya_JK

My tributes to Maharaja Gulab Singh, Founder of Jammu & Kashmir State and the J&K State Forces. His vision combined with military strategy and prowess saw Indias frontiers reach Tibet

Indic Scout

IndicScout

Maharaja Ranbir Singh Jamwal of Jammu & Kashmir, brought up in the hard school of his father who had given him ample training as a Soldier & a Statesman &

Saffron Is My Color

saffron_is

@MAJORshailendra let's think about indian army 1.punjab &sikh regiment - the warriors who captured entire ladakh afghanistan and not to forget saragrhi. 2.maratha - the people who created glorious maratha

Nafees Ur Rehman Durrani

NafeesRehmanDr

#OTD in 1930, scores of non-violent political activists were massacred in Qissa Khwani Peshawar by the British-Raj. An account of this massacre based on Allah Baksh Yousafi's weekly newspaper is

Anand Ranganathan

ARanganathan72

"तू थकेगा न कभीतू थमेगा न कभीतू मुड़ेगा न कभीकर शपथ! कर शपथ! कर शपथ!वृक्ष हों भले खड़ेहों घने

Peter_hopkirk_respecter ☝🏻🇬🇧

PHRespecter

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. These were the last words of Quintin Battye after he was shot while leading the Corps of Guides in a charge against a

Edith Mirante

EdithMirante

1. This History Thread is about US Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Detachment 101, a multi-ethnic force Allied against Fascism in World War 2 Burma. It’s based on my article

Ceteris Paribus

entropied

Julius Jeffreys (1800-1877) was a British army surgeon and a prolific writer who spent a long time India . He invented the respirator and developed some of the early air