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01-27-11, 10:47 PM #1
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Retired Nepali Gorkha who subdued 40 train robbers
This could be described as a bad man...
Gorkha soldiers have long been known the world over for their valor and these khukuri-wielding warriors winning the British many a battle have become folklore.
A retired Indian Gorkha soldier recently revisited those glory days when he thwarted 40 robbers, killing three of them and injuring eight others...
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He would be a welcome guest at my house any time...Job security...
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01-27-11, 10:59 PM #2
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Well said sir.“Fighting the enemy in battle is my duty as a soldier; taking on the dacoits in the train was my duty as a human being,” said the Indian army nayakDo not war for peace. If you must war, war for justice. For without justice there is no peace. -me
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01-27-11, 11:00 PM #3
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Incredible. That guy is the epitome of badass.
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01-27-11, 11:10 PM #4
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I bet some of the injured robbers are missing limbs. I dig their blades.
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01-28-11, 03:51 AM #5
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It's Gurkha.
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01-28-11, 09:14 AM #6
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It's translating a foreign language into English... Both ways show up.
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It's Gurkha.
Gurka is the more common one, though!Voting against incumbents until we get a Congress that does its job.
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01-28-11, 10:06 AM #7
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That is a BAADD man right there. Kudos!
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01-28-11, 12:06 PM #8
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It's bloody गोर्खा
But it appears that Gurkha, Gorkha and Ghurka are all English translations of the same word.
Anyhow were well done that man, wonder if he chopped anyones ears off or if that was just a story to scare Argentine soldiers
Found this quote from a Field Marshal Sam Mankenshaw "If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha.""all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing" Edmund Burke.
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01-29-11, 04:31 AM #9
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To be born an Englishman, is to be a winner in the Lottery of Life.
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