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Gorkha Regiments to raise more battalions
The Gorkha Regiments of the Army are raising
additional battalions, with the first new battalion scheduled to be functional in April, 2016. The new battalions are part of the force accretions approved by the Centre for raising a new mountain corps and the ongoing organisational restructuring.
The First Gorkha Rifles (1GR) is raising its sixth battalion, which is undergoing training at its regimental centre, 14 Gorkha Training Centre (14 GTC), here.
“It is after 50 years that a new Gorkha battalion is being raised,” Lt Gen Ravi Thodge, the Quarter Master General at the Army Headquarters and Colonel of 1 GR, told The Tribune on the sidelines of the regiment’s bicentenary celebrations and reunion here.
Unlike in the past where Gorkha battalions
comprised troops primarily from Nepal, the
new battalion, designated as the Sixth Battalion of the First Gorkha Rifles (6/1 GR), will comprise Gorkha troops of Indian domicile, that is, those settled in the hilly regions of northern India and the North-East.
“The Army’s plans are that each Gorkha Regiment will raise an additional battalion,which will be done in a phased manner,beginning with 1 GR,” said Lt Gen Thodge.
The Gorkha Regiments of the Army are raising
additional battalions, with the first new battalion scheduled to be functional in April, 2016. The new battalions are part of the force accretions approved by the Centre for raising a new mountain corps and the ongoing organisational restructuring.
The First Gorkha Rifles (1GR) is raising its sixth battalion, which is undergoing training at its regimental centre, 14 Gorkha Training Centre (14 GTC), here.
“It is after 50 years that a new Gorkha battalion is being raised,” Lt Gen Ravi Thodge, the Quarter Master General at the Army Headquarters and Colonel of 1 GR, told The Tribune on the sidelines of the regiment’s bicentenary celebrations and reunion here.
Unlike in the past where Gorkha battalions
comprised troops primarily from Nepal, the
new battalion, designated as the Sixth Battalion of the First Gorkha Rifles (6/1 GR), will comprise Gorkha troops of Indian domicile, that is, those settled in the hilly regions of northern India and the North-East.
“The Army’s plans are that each Gorkha Regiment will raise an additional battalion,which will be done in a phased manner,beginning with 1 GR,” said Lt Gen Thodge.
