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4 Gorkha Rifles

4 Gorkha Rifles
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1950–1988
Active 1857–present
Country Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg East India Company 1857-1858
India British India 1858-1947
India India 1947-Present
Branch Army
Type Rifles
Role Light Infantry
Size Five battalions
Regimental Centre Bakloh, Dharamshala, Chakrata. Presently, Subathu, Himachal Pradesh
Patron Colonel of the Regiment Lt Gen CA Krishnan, UYSM, AVSM
Motto(s) Kayar Hunu Bhanda Marnu Ramro (Better to die than live like a coward)
Colors Rifle Green; faced black and Red
March 'Barde Jaun' (Onwards.. Advance.. Sons of Balla Bhadra)
War Cry – Jai Maha Kali, Ayo Gorkhali (Hail, Goddess Kali, The Gorkhas are here)
Anniversaries Regimental Day (11 March)
Decorations

1858–1946:Victoria Cross1, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 1, Distinguished Service Order 10, Order of the British Empire 1, Bar to DSO 1, Military Cross 24, 1 Bar to MC, 1 MBE, 1 French Legion of Honour, 96 Mention in Despatches, 9 Order of British India, 15 Indian Order of Merit, 6 IDM, 42 Indian Distinguished Service Medal, 1 Croix De Guerre, 11 Médaille militaire, 1 Bronze Medal for Military Valour, 1 Medal of Saint George, 2 Star of Nepal

1947–present

3 Param Vishisht Seva Medal, 1 Maha Vir Chakra, 1 Kirti Chakra, 3 Ati Vishishtha Seva Medal, 5 Vir Chakra, 2 Shaurya Chakra, 1 Yudh Seva Medal, 24 Sena Medals, 6 Vishisht Seva Medalsl,9 Mention in Dispatches, 40 Commendation cards.
Battle honours

1866–1914:Ali Masjid, Kabul 1879 and Kandahar 1880, Afghanistan 1878–80, Chitral Campaign, Waziristan Campaign 1895, Tirah Campaign, Punjab Frontier, Boxer Rebellion, China 1900

World War I:Givenchy 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Ypres 1915, St. Julien, Aubers, Festubert (1915), France and Flanders 1914–15, Egypt 1916, Tigris 1916, Battle of Kut 1917, Baghdad Mesopotamia 1916–18, Gallipoli 1915, N.W. Frontier India 1917, Baluchistan 1918.

1919–39: Afghanistan 1919. World War IIIraq 1941, Syria 1941, The Cauldron, North Africa 1940–43, Trestina, Monte Cedrone, Italy 1943–45 Burma 1942–45, Pegu 1942, Chindits 1944, Bishenpur, Shwebo, Mandalay.

1947–present:

Punch, Gurais and Bilafond La

Theatre Honours: Punjab 1965, Jammu and Kashmir 1971
Insignia
Regimental Insignia A pair of crossed Khukris with the Roman numeral IV below, and Ashoka on top.
Tartan Government (1st Bn pipers plaids and pipe bags)
Mackenzie HLI (2nd Bn pipers plaids and pipe bags)

1858–1946:Victoria Cross1, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 1, Distinguished Service Order 10, Order of the British Empire 1, Bar to DSO 1, Military Cross 24, 1 Bar to MC, 1 MBE, 1 French Legion of Honour, 96 Mention in Despatches, 9 Order of British India, 15 Indian Order of Merit, 6 IDM, 42 Indian Distinguished Service Medal, 1 Croix De Guerre, 11 Médaille militaire, 1 Bronze Medal for Military Valour, 1 Medal of Saint George, 2 Star of Nepal

1947–present

1866–1914:Ali Masjid, Kabul 1879 and Kandahar 1880, Afghanistan 1878–80, Chitral Campaign, Waziristan Campaign 1895, Tirah Campaign, Punjab Frontier, Boxer Rebellion, China 1900


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