Word: gurkhas
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...Square, upwards of 5,000 Indians, who may or may not have heard of General Dyer's edict, assembled peaceably and passed resolutions condemning the rioting. General Dyer chose to see deliberate defiance of his orders in the meeting, decided to make it an example. Posting 50 tough Gurkha troopers with rifles at all the gates of the Bagh, he ordered them to fire into the trapped crowd of men, women and children, and to keep on firing until their ammunition was exhausted...
Born in a Kiplingesque Indian hill station 53 years ago, he first grew interested in aviation while on leave from his regiment, the Gurkha Rifles, in 1911. He spent his whole leave learning to fly, finally earned the Royal Aero Club's Certificate...
...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...