Dehradun : Gorkha Boys beat Khalanga Football Club 2-1 in the 12th Lala Nemi Das District Football League played at Pavilion Ground here today. In the first half, Aman scored goal for the Gorkha Boys in the 11th minute of the game and gave his team an important lead. In the second half, Mahipal of […]

Capt JB Karki (retd), national president of the (ABRGM) Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Gorkha Morcha Party, today said the Gorkha Kalyan Parishad would be constituted for the uplift of the Gorkha community. He told media-persons that the party was concerned at the dropping of Bahun and Chettri castes from the list of OBC list issued by […]

DEHRADUN: Gorkhas who constitute about 12% of the population in Uttarakhand have demanded the formation of State Gorkha Kalyan Board and implementation of a high court order according OBC status to Chettris and Bahun castes among the Gorkhas living in the state. Gorkhali Sudhar Sabha (GSS) with Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat – pic via […]

Amar Bahadur Gurung was born at Dehradun UK to Mr. and Mrs. Attar Singh Gurung in 18 April 1942 in Dehradun, Amar Bahadur studied at the Gorkha Military School. He joined the 4/8 Gorkha Rifles in 1960 and quit Army service in 1967 to play for Mafatlal (Mumbai). Amar Bahadur Gurung 1967 Achievements He scored […]

Dehradun, May 30 : Three jawans were injured in a blast at the firing range at the Gorkha Rifles headquarters in Dehradun on Saturday. Blast at Gorkha Rifles Headquarters’ firing range in Dehradun – Representational Image The condition of one of the jawans is said to be critical. All the injured have been admitted to […]

Dehradun : BGP (Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh) Uttarakhand Dehradun organized a seminar on “Indo-Nepal Friendship Treaty 1950”. The event was held in the Gorkhali Sudar Sabha hall. BGP president of Uttarakhand, Lt Col (retd) Dewan Singh Kdka, said the main purpose of the seminar was to discuss  the “1950 Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship” in […]

Sunday saw Gorkha families from far and near gather at Balbhadra Kalinga War Memorial and Nalapani Fort to pay tributes to their gallant heroes who laid down their lives to defend their territory 200 years ago. The only structure in the world to be built by victors to honour the courage of their foes, the […]

DEHRADUN: The over 12 lakh Gorkhas in Uttarakhand demand recognition as a tribal group. The demand grew even more strident after Gorkhas in West Bengal and Sikkim were reportedly to be granted tribal status. All India Gorkha Ex-Servicemen Welfare Association (AIGEWA) There are at least 15 groups of Gorkhas — Bhujel, Gurung, Mangar, Newar, Jogi, […]

The golden jubilee celebrations of the 6th battalion of the 11th Gorkha Rifles culminated with a special ‘sainik sammelan’ at the Khasa Cantonment here on Sunday. Gorkha Rifles The battalion was founded on October 1, 1963 at Clement Town in Dehradun. During 50 years of its glorious service to the nation, be it war or […]

It is not just the man who have made our Gorkha community proud, our women are equally capable. 6 Gorkhali Nurses Commissioned as Lieutenant i n the Indian Army Making the community proud, there are 6 Gorkhali nurses amongst the 20 nurses inducted into the Indian Army as Commissioned Officers, after completing their course from School […]

Bimal Gurung Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief  met with the members of the Gorkhali Sudhar Sabha in Dehradun. This is the oldest non political Gorkha Social Organization in Dehradun which was started on 17th April 1938. The Gorkhali Sudhar Sabha has over twenty five thousand members spread out in forty shakhas (branches). GJM chief Bimal Gurung Addressing […]