Gurkha (disambiguation)

Gurkhas are soldiers from Nepal.

Gurkha, Gorkha or Gorkhali may also refer to:

People

• Nepali people, citizens of Nepal also known as Gurkha and Gorkhali
• Indian Gorkha, the Nepali-speaking people of India
• Burmese Gurkha, the Nepali-speaking people of Burma

Military

• Nepalese Army, also called the Gurkha Army
• Brigade of Gurkhas, British Army units composed of Nepalese Gurkha soldiers
• Royal Gurkha Rifles, Rifle regiment of the British Army, forming part of the Brigade of Gurkhas.
• Gorkha regiments (India), regiments of the modern Indian Army enlisted in Nepal, successors of the Gurkhas of Britain's imperial Indian Army
• Gurkha Contingent, a department of the Singapore Police Force
• Gurkha Reserve Unit, a para-military force in Brunei
• HMS Gurkha, the name of several Royal Navy ships

Places

• Kingdom of Nepal, also called the Gorkha Kingdom
• Gorkha District, a district of Nepal
• Gorkha Municipality, formerly Prithvi Narayan Municipality
• Another name for Prithbinarayan, a Nepali city
• Gorkha Kingdom, former kingdom in Nepal
• Gorkhaland, the name of the proposed state in India demanded by Indian Gorkha

Companies

• Gorkha Airlines, an airline in Nepal
• Gorkha Beer, a brand of beer brewed in Nepal

Organizations

• British Gurkhas Nepal, Administrative organisation of the British Army in Nepal.
• Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh, a national-level organization of Indian Gorkhas
• Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council, a semi-autonomous body that looks after the administration of the District of Darjeeling
• Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, a political party in Darjeeling district and Dooars, India
• Gorkha National Liberation Front, a political party in North Bengal, India

Wars

• Gurkha War, also known as Anglo-Nepalese War, wars fought between the Gorkha Kingdom of Nepal and the East India Company
• Sino-Nepalese War, also known as Sino Gorkha war, fought between Gurkha Army and Tibetan armies
• Gurkha–Sikh War, small conflict between the forces of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (Sikh Empire) and the Gurkha Army in 1809

Other uses

• Gorkhapatra, a daily newspaper in Nepal
• Terradyne Armored Vehicles Gurkha, an armored vehicle
• Force Gurkha, an SUV by Force Motors
• Gorkhali (newspaper), a Nepali-language newspaper in India
• Gurkha (film), a 2019 Indian Tamil-language comedy film
• Gorkha (film), an unreleased Indian film about Gurkha regiments of the Indian Army
• The Gurkha (foaled 2013), an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse

See also

• Kukri, a curved knife also known as a Gurkha knife