After reading all the comments posted, I am really saddened by some of you guys with your perception and illogical thinkings about the Lahures aka Gurkas.
The Lahure term is named after Lahore, a city in Pakistan. After the peace treaty was signed between Nepal and the mighty British Empire after the bloody war, one of the many proposal set by the British government was the recruiting of Nepalese jawan (between the age of 18--21), to strengthen its army. The British Officers had been impressed by the courage, discipline and the fighting prowess shown by our forefathers in protecting the sovereignty of our motherland against the British Empire.
This proposal set by them was actually win-win situation for Nepal; for every jawan the British recruit into its army, the Ranas and its government was paid some amount of due for the jawan service in the British Army. Therefore it can be concluded that Ranas and its government though receiving due from the British Empire, used only for their interest and not the nation.
We also need to realize that the Ranas and its government of yesterday were running the country in the system known as "Panchayat".
I believed that many of you reading this forum know better than me how the Nepal was run in this system. But to my best creditability, I found out that janajatis (indigenous) people of Nepal was not allowed to study, not allowed to go to school.
We also need to realize that janajatis or indigenous people of Nepal are Mongoloid origin. Therefore in doing so, the Ranas created huge education disparency between the Mongoloid origin and the person of Brahmin family.
Therefore the notion that some of you has been creating that Mongoloid are lazy and less able in the education are totally baseless and uncalled for. The history of Nepal should be rewritten because there are many things which has omitted, especially the system of Panchayat and the Rana's oppression against its people and the nation. Though how shameful and demeaning the history would be, it is still part of Nepal's history. Without it, the history of Nepal is not complete.
We also must realize it was the Ranas Government that signed the Tri-Partiate Agreement.
The Tri-Partiate Agreement was between British Empire, India and Nepal on recruiting of Nepal's jawan into its army.
No doubt the British Government laid down the terms; it was the Ranas government who signed the pact. Therefore the discriminatory on the issues of pay, pension and benefits of the Lahure, (Gurkhas) can be attributed to the Ranas government too.
Therefore analytically the Ranas and the Nepali government had no interest in helping the Lahures; but on the other hand the former were more than happy to receive the due in the form of monetary funds from the British Government for every jawans the British recruits.
In those days, Nepalese jawans went to Lahore to be recruited and for the training before they were assigned to their particular regiments and deployed around the world for the British Empire cause. Hence when these jawans return home on their leave, people called them Lahure and still do. The British officers had been right when they first wanted to enlist our jawans especially from the Gurungs and Magars communities. Later they started enlisting Rai and Limbu jawans from east Nepal too because British Empire was so large that it needed a huge reliable army to defend the Crown interest and territories.
Under the name Gurkha, which the British derived it from Gorkha, a town near Pokhara, the Gurkha Bridgade was formed. By the end of WWI there were total of 10 Gurkha Regiments. Indians army still used the title GORKHA to distinguish Indians from Nepalese. The word Gurkha became famous over a period of time when our forefathers displayed great courage, bravery and ferocity on the battlefields across the far flung of the world. The lahures community mainly made up of Gurungs, Limbus, Magars and Rais, (GLMR) known as Gurkhas quickly soon gave the world that there is a country call NEPAL.
Not only had they showed courage and bravery but the Gurkhas showed complete loyalty to the crown, a loyalty that cannot be describe in words but shown in DEEDS.
Off the battlefield, these same men were simple but showed great devotion and pride into soldiering. The men were truthful, honest and above all showed great passion and devotion into their army life.
In short, the British Officers describe Gurkhas as the perfect soldiers.
The term Gurkha quickly become anonymous throughout the world mainly thanks to the lahures associated with Gurung, Limbu, Magar and Rai community.
It is because due to the same attributes that the present days lahures has shown as our forefathers, that HM Queen still employed Gurkhas into the British Army. In addition
the Government of Singapore and Sultan of Brunei still keep portion of Gurkha because of the highest form of honesty shown by GLMR. In Singapore, the Gurkhas are trusted more than its own people hence the lahures guard key installations in and around the island, from gold reserve to money printing house and even the President and senior ministers residents.
This is just one of many duties performed by Singapore lahures. In Brunei too, the Gurkhas safeguard the Sultan oilfields and also defends Brunei against its aggressors.
The hardwork, highest devotion and pride to soldering and honesty demonstrated by GLMR is the very attributes that even after the great war of yesterday that these 4 communities are still sought after by government from Brunei, Singapore and UK.
One of you has created the word “Lahureismâ€. And it is true that lahureism is another form of professional job. In fact it is more prestige if you become a lahure now than ever because it is one of the toughest regiment in the world and the vacancy is far and few while the number of applicants remains the same as before. In short the chances of being selected are 1: 200 for the
mere post of about 300 per year. Even number of DV allocated to Nepal is 4 times higher.
It becomes more prestige if your father and your grandfather and your uncles and great uncles had served the crown before. Only the lahures community can feel and understand this.
Therefore most of you just make bigotry remarks about lahures and their families.
Before starting to bash lahures again, you need to think and do some researching.
You need to research the history of lahures and ask yourselves;
- Why did GLMR communities joined the foreign army in the first place?
- Why do they still do it?
- What are the contributions made by them to Nepal and still doing?
Some of you have written that many of our forefathers fought and died for cause they really did not know.
Well those who think this way, you are literally quite correct. But in those times the indigenous people of Nepal main cause was “How can I progress my family� “How can I give better life to my family� “How can I give education to my children who I am deprived of� Most of you are born and educated in Nepal and therefore have better understanding of Nepal’s history yet you just closed you eyes or pretend that you do not know…….!!!
Well both causes came out well to lahures community in the end. Our forefathers fought for cause that was right and good.
Secondly while fighting for the good cause of humankind, our first cause was answered. The lahures community progress and their children have not only access to the education; they have access in the first world class environment!
Secondly when I went to Nepal for the first time in 1997, many parts of Katmandu was still a paddy field. 10 years later these same paddy fields are gone. On top of these fields are homes and houses of ex. Laures. Many are living better and well to do life than many other average Nepalese. Therefore just because some lahure kho chora and chori did not do well in school, you go on to criticize and generalize all the lahures from the comfort of your seat, in front of monitor.
