In order to get rid of its dependence on Nepal, the Indian army plans to recruit troops for the Gurkha regiment on the mainland

[Global Network Military Report] Nepal’s "The Himalayan Times" (The Himalayan Times) reported on November 11 that the Indian Army proposed to transfer from Kumaon and Garhwal in the Indian state of Uttrakhand. The region recruited recruits for the Gurkha regiment, and the Indian government has approved this proposal. The

report also quoted the Indian Express newspaper as saying that the Indian government has approved the recruitment of non-Gurkha soldiers in three of the seven Gurkha regiments.

reported that the Indian Army’s retired major general Ashok Mehta said that the reason why the Indian government agreed with the Indian army’s proposal to recruit from the homeland was because it had been facing a shortage of personnel in the Gelkh regiment for the past two years. The problem. He added that although this is a pilot project, it is different from the Indian government's policy, because the Indian government could have recruited Gurkhas from Nepal to make up for this gap. However, he hurriedly added, “The Indian government’s recruitment of recruits from Kumaon and Garwar is an old policy, which has nothing to do with the current tensions between India and Nepal over the issue of Nepal’s new map.” Z2z

Mehta said, the Indian government In the past, Nepalese were recruited for the Assam rifle team, but it stopped 20 years ago. He said that the new measures are aimed at reducing dependence on Nepalese Gurkhas because Nepal’s political leaders often call for the Gurkha Corps to stop recruiting Nepalese, and there are voices in India saying that only Indians should be recruited to Gurkhas. In the Erkha Corps. He said that the Indian government may have taken new initiatives to prepare for the Nepalese government's possible decision to ban Nepalese from joining the Indian army.

However, according to the report, Krishna Prasad Gyawali, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense of Nepal and Sewa Lamsal, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, respectively told the newspaper that the Nepalese government has no plan to prohibit the Nepalese Gurkhas from joining the Indian army.

According to reports, the Indian army's conscription from Nepal can be traced back to the British colonial period. In 1947, Nepal, India and the United Kingdom signed a tripartite agreement that allowed Indian and British troops to recruit from Nepal.

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