Gorkha

Gorkha

Gorkha can mean:

* Another name for Prithbinarayan, a Nepalese city
* Gorkha District, a district of Nepal
* The name of those rifle regiments of the modern Indian Army, successors of the Gurkhas of Britain's imperial Indian Army.
* The name of the medieval state of Gorkha
* Nepalese official name as a state before 1930
* Gorkha Beer, a brand of beer brewed in Nepal
* Gorkha Airlines, an Airline in Nepal
* Gorkhaland, the name given to the area around Darjeeling and the Duars in north West Bengal in India
* Gorkha Hill Council, an autonomous body that looks after the administration of the District of Darjeeling
* Gorkha National Liberation Front, a political party in North Bengal, India
* Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, a political party in Darjeeling district and Dooars, India

ee also

* Gurkha" - the people from Nepal and parts of northern India, who take their name from the eighth century Hindu warrior-saint Guru Gorakhnath, and the name of the regiments recruited from these districts, that were a part of Britain's Indian Army and which are now a part of today's British Army.


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