Nepal quake: Ex-Gorkha soldiers back in action

April 27, 2015 02:57 am | Updated November 17, 2021 11:06 am IST - NEW DELHI:

As many as 1.25 lakh ex-servicemen from the Gorkha regiments of the Army, who are back in Nepal, have now been roped in for rescue operations. “We have contacted all the ex-servicemen from the Gorkha regiments,” a Defence Ministry spokesperson said. Army Chief General Dalbir Singh, from the Gurkha Rifles regiment, is the Honorary Chief of the Nepalese Army.

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