Title:The Gurkha Connection A History Of Gurkha Recruitment In The British Army
ISBN:8185693773
Author:Purushottam Baskota
Publisher:Nirala Publications
Publish Year:2014
Edition:Revised Ed
Cover:Paper Back
Subject:Gorkha/Gurkha
Language:English
Pages:209
Size:215 x 140 mm
Weight(gms):250
Price:USD 7.95
The Gurkha Connection brings to light the socio political aspects of the recruitment of the legendary Gurkha. The book focuses on the impacts of the recruitment on the social, economic and political condition of the suppressed communities of Nepal. The education that the Gurkhas received in cantonment and schools played a crucial role in initiating social awareness in the hill communities.The book is the first comprehensive attempt by a native scholar to understand the great process of social change that shaped the life in the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal