GOORKHAS

GOORKHAS
or GURKHAS
   a brave and powerful native race in Nepal claiming Hindu descent; in 1814 they were subdued by the British, and have since rendered valuable service to Britain in the Mutiny, in the Afghan and in the Sikh Wars; there are now ten regiments of Goorkhas.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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