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CHAPTER XXII.
NEPAL.
Although the independent kingdom of Nepal, situated on
India’s northern frontier, does not fall within the category of Indian
Feudatory States, yet the value other services in the great struggle
of 1914-18 can hardly be over-estimated.
On the outbreak of the war. or even before war was actually
declared, Nepal’s Great Prime Minister, General Sir ( ’handra
Shumshere Jung Bahadur liana, heard the call of friendship, ami
realized that the cause of civilization was at stake, and without
hesitation he determined to throw the whole of his country’s resources
in man power into the struggle. The following brief outline of the
part taken by Nepal sows that the deed in no way fell short of
the will :—
A force of nearly 8,000 Nepalese troops was despatched to India
early in 1915. A second contingent of 5,000 men followed in the
beginning of 1910. These troops, which comprised some of the most
famous regiments of Nopal’s standing army, were under the personal
command of the Prime Minister’s sons and relations, among whom
it suffices to mention the names of Generals Baba Shumshere Jung,
Padma Shumshere Jung, Kaiser Shumshere Jung, and Shere
Shumshere Jung.
Throughout the war, these contingents were kept at full
strength by the despatch of drafts from Nepal. The Nepalese
troops did valuable work in replacing Indian Expeditionarv troops,
and they also took part in the Waziristan campaign of 1917.
Of not less value were. Nepal’s services in the supply of men for
the Indian Army. Before the war there wer$ some 20 battalions
of Gurkhas in the Indian Army enlisted under special arrangements
NEPAL.
Although the independent kingdom of Nepal, situated on
India’s northern frontier, does not fall within the category of Indian
Feudatory States, yet the value other services in the great struggle
of 1914-18 can hardly be over-estimated.
On the outbreak of the war. or even before war was actually
declared, Nepal’s Great Prime Minister, General Sir ( ’handra
Shumshere Jung Bahadur liana, heard the call of friendship, ami
realized that the cause of civilization was at stake, and without
hesitation he determined to throw the whole of his country’s resources
in man power into the struggle. The following brief outline of the
part taken by Nepal sows that the deed in no way fell short of
the will :—
A force of nearly 8,000 Nepalese troops was despatched to India
early in 1915. A second contingent of 5,000 men followed in the
beginning of 1910. These troops, which comprised some of the most
famous regiments of Nopal’s standing army, were under the personal
command of the Prime Minister’s sons and relations, among whom
it suffices to mention the names of Generals Baba Shumshere Jung,
Padma Shumshere Jung, Kaiser Shumshere Jung, and Shere
Shumshere Jung.
Throughout the war, these contingents were kept at full
strength by the despatch of drafts from Nepal. The Nepalese
troops did valuable work in replacing Indian Expeditionarv troops,
and they also took part in the Waziristan campaign of 1917.
Of not less value were. Nepal’s services in the supply of men for
the Indian Army. Before the war there wer$ some 20 battalions
of Gurkhas in the Indian Army enlisted under special arrangements