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3 Gorkha Rifles

3 Gorkha Rifles (1950 onwards)
3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles (1908-1950)
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Active 1815 – Present
Country India India
Branch Indian Army
Type Rifles
Size 5 Battalions
Regimental Centre Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Motto(s) Kayar Hunu Bhanda Marnu Ramro
"Better to die than live like a coward"
Colors Green; faced black
March War Cry:Jai Maha Kali, Ayo Gorkhali (Hail Goddess Kali, The Gorkhas are here)
Decorations 2 Victoria Cross
1 Ashoka Chakra
1 Kirti Chakra
5 Vir Chakras
5 Shaurya Chakras
1 Yudh Seva Medal
19 Sena Medals
1 Bar to Sena Medal
4 Param Vishist Seva Medals
5 Ati Vishist Seva Medals
9 Vishist Seva Medals
2 McGregor Medals
26 Mentioned-in-Despatches
46 COAS' Commendation Cards
19 GOC-in-C's Commendation Cards
Battle honours Delhi 1857, Ahmad Khel, Afghanistan 1878–80
Burma 1885–87, Chitral
Tirah
Punjab Frontier
First World War
La Bassée 1914, Armentières 1914, Festubert 1914 '15, Givenchy 1914 Neuve Chapelle
Aubers
France and Flanders 1914–15 Egypt 1915–16
Gaza, El Mughar, Nebi Samwil
Jerusalem
Tell 'Asur, Megiddo
Sharon
Palestine 1917–18, Sharqat, Mesopotamia 1917–18, Afghanistan 1919
Second World War
Deir el Shein
North Africa 1940–43 Monte della Gorgace Il Castello
Monte Farneto
Monte Cavallo
Italy 1943–45
Sittang 1942
Kyaukse 1942
Imphal
Tuitum, Sakawng Shenam Pass, Bishenpur, Tengnoupal
Meiktila
Defence of Meiktila Rangoon Road, Pyawbwy
Pegu 1945
Burma 1942–45
Post 1947
Uri, Jammu and Kashmir 1947–48
Shingo River Valley
Jammu and Kashmir 1971
Insignia
Regimental Insignia A pair of crossed khukris, with a star in-between and the numeral 3 within
Tartan Colqhuon (pipes and drums)

The 3 Gorkha Rifles is an Indian Army infantry regiment comprising Gurkha soldiers of Nepalese origin. It was originally a Gurkha regiment of the British Indian Army formed in 1815. They were present at a number of actions and wars including the Siege of Delhi in 1857 to the First and Second World Wars. After the Partition of India in 1947 the regiment was one of the six Gorkha regiments transferred to the Indian Army as part of the Tripartite Agreement signed between India, Nepal and Britain at the time of Indian independence. Prior to independence, the regiment was known as the 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles. In 1950 the regiment's title was changed to 3 Gorkha Rifles. Since 1947 the regiment has participated in a number of conflicts including the 1947 and 1971 wars against Pakistan.

The regiment was raised during the Gurkha War by Sir Robert Colquhoun on 24 April 1815 as the Kemaoon Battalion. It did not consist entirely of Gurkhas but of men from Kumaon and Garhwal. The regiment adopted the tartan of the Clan Colquhoun.

The regiment was primarily used to police the border with Nepal, doing so for many decades until the Indian Mutiny began in 1857. The battalion was actively involved in the efforts to quell it. During the Siege of Delhi—which lasted from March to September 1857—the regiment, part of Colonel Colin Campbell's Third Column, took part in the storming of Kashmiri Gate and gained the Battle Honour "Delhi 1857". The mutiny was quelled by July 1858.


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