page_title: Gorkha Kingdom
section_title: Gurkhas and Gorkhas
hierarchical_section_title: Gorkha Kingdom / Gurkhas and Gorkhas
caption_attribution_description: THE ALLIED OCCUPATION OF JAPAN. The 2/5th Royal Gurkha Rifles marching through Kure soon after their arrival in Japan as part of the Allied forces of occupation. FURTHER INFORMATION: In May 1946 the troopship ORDUNA brought 1700 men of the Mahratta Light Infantry and 2/5th Royal Gurkha Rifles to Kure in Japan.
context_page_description: Gorkha Kingdom was a kingdom in the confederation of 24 Khas tribes states, known as Chaubisi rajya, located in the Indian subcontinent, present-day western Nepal. The Kingdom of Gorkha extended from the Marshyangdi River in the west to the Trishuli River in the east, which separated it from the kingdoms of Lamjung and Nepal respectively. The Gorkha Kingdom was established by Prince Dravya Shah, second son of King Yasho Brahma Shah of Lamjung Kingdom, on 1559 CE replacing the Khadka chiefs.
context_section_description: Not to be confused with the inhabitants of the old Gorkha Kingdom only, the Gurkhas are also military units in the British or the Indian army (where they are known as Gorkhas) enlisted in Nepal and India. Their history goes back to the Anglo-Gorkha War and the Sugauli Treaty of 1816. It allowed the British East India Company to recruit men from the Gorkha kingdom hills to serve as mercenaries.
  During World War II (1939–45), a total of 250,280 Gurkhas served in 40 battalions, plus eight Nepalese Army battalions, plus parachute, training, garrison, and porter units. They earned 2,734 bravery awards, and suffered around 32,000 casualties in all theatres.
caption: Gurkha soldiers arrive in Japan in 1946 as part of Allied occupation forces
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