- 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, Indiaee also
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Gurkha " - the people from Nepal and parts of northern India, who take their name from the eighth century Hindu warrior-saintGuru 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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