8th Gorkha Rifles, Indian Army

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8TH GORKHA RIFLES, INDIAN ARMY

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Raised : 1824 as The 16th or Sylhet Local Battalion
In 1908 it become the 8th Gurkha Rifles, the spelling of the word Gurkha was later changed to Gorkha.

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