Word: gurkha
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Dates: during 1925-1925
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...military oligarchy, but all political power is in the hands of a Prime Minister and that office appears to be hereditary in the family of His Highness Maharaja Sir Chandra Shumshere Jung, Bahadur Rana, the present Premier. Nepal is famed as the home of the equally famed Gurkha soldiers, said to be the greatest fighters in the world. They helped the British during the Indian mutiny (1857) and again in the World War, when they fought side by side with the Canadian Highlanders and the British Guards. A feature of their equipment was the kukri-a small double-edged, curved...