April 29, 2015 12:18 pm | Updated December 04, 2021 11:31 pm IST - New Delhi
India has sent the Army’s Gorkha soldiers to quake-hit Nepal to help in relief and rescue work, an official tweet said on Wednesday.
“India enlarges rescue operations in Nepal; sends Gorkha soldiers of Indian Army to Himalayan nation,” PIB retweeted an All India Radio tweet.
Nepal was hit by a devastating earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter Scale on April 25, 2015. The quake sent tremors across India as well.
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