Himalayan Times (1954)

November 14, 1954

Seven

RECRUITMENT

Kathmandu,

The British Govern-
ment is establishing a
depot at Dkarang. in
Nepal, 30 miles from the
railhead of Jogbani, for
recruitment ot Gurkhas
regiments now serving in
Malaya.

The projeot, which
may eventually cost £l
million (about Rs. 1,83 33,
o3<) has made conside-
rable headway and work
on the construction of the
depot should start as soon
Ub details concerning thu
acquisition of land have
been completed with the
.Nepal Government.

'I he British Govern-
ment will also help to
repair and modernize the
30-mile road between Bi-
ratnagar and jPbarang as
part of the ..project.

Till recruitment
of Gurkhas f< r the Bri-
tish Army was done at
depots in Gorakhpur, in
TJttar Pradesh, and at
(.hum. About that time
the Government .of India
suggested that recruitment
of Gurkhas for the Bri-
tish Army should not take
place on Indian soil. The
United IGrngrfom Govt,
agreed-jr'.-apod soon after#
started negotiations with
Nepal for permission to
open a recruiting depot
jD Nepal itself

OF GURKHAS

November 11

Towards the middle
of 1953 the Nepal Govern-
ment agreed in principle
to permit the U. K. Go-
vernment to open depots
in Nepal and last October
a reconnaissance party
was sent to survey suita-
ble nites One was even-
tually found at Dharang
Bazar, in Eastern Nepal,
near the industrial town
• •f B ratnagar Thereafter
the V K. Government
asked for permission to
put up a depot at the
Bite and to this Nepal
agreed. A svrvey party
wad sent, to mark out
(he site. Valuation of
the land which would have
to.be acquired has now
been completed

DEPOTS IN INDIA

While the British Go-
vernment has completely
stopped recruitment of
Gurkhas on Indian coil
they have the use of a
depot at Lehrau, near
Gorakhpur and at Jalapa-
bar, for certain adminis-
trative purposes. Recrui-
ting parties go into Nepal,
were they set up camps
lor two to. three months
in a year. The Gurkhas
selected are given clothes
and equipment in Nepal
and then sent to the tran
sit camps. The depots
maintained in India arrange

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for the payment of pen-
sions and handle the. re-
mittances received from
Gurkhas soldiers known as
voluntary allotments. Lea<
ve partiesaUo pass through
these camps, where ac-
counts are settled and
money advanced for jour
neys in and out of Nepal

The number of Gur-
khas recruited for the
British Army has lately
been about 500 men a year.