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1947 pact on Gorkha soldiers
August 5 , 2020
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- Recently, Foreign Minister of Nepal said that the 1947 agreement among India, Nepal and the United Kingdom that deals with the military service of Gorkha soldiers has become redundant.
- Following the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814-16, the British decided to recruit Gorkha soldiers in 1815.
- After India’s Independence in 1947, the question of Gorkha soldiers was settled by the Britain-India-Nepal Tripartite Agreement.
- Currently, the Gorkhas comprise up to 3% of the British Army, and in 2015 completed 200 years of service there.
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