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CHAPTER XXII.
made with the Nepal Government. During the war, this force was
enormously expanded by the formation of new battalions. It is
estimated that the total number of men .taken out of the country
exceeded 200,000. Ft need not be pointed out this constitutes a
large proportion of the manho.od of thh country. Recruitment
on this scale needed not only driving power from the Central
Government of Nepal, but a complete and sufficient organization and
the co-operation and goodwill of officials throughout the country. It
is not too much to say that Nepal’s achievement in the above
matters was dm1, to the unique authority and prestige enjoyed by the
Prime Minister.
How the Gurkha, troops fought on every front, and the casual ties
they sustained, is a matter of military history. The hardihood
and bravery of Gurkhas is too well known to require repetition
here.
Although the supply of fighting men was by far the most
important of the'services rendered by Nepal to the Allies, mention
should not bo omitted of the generous contributions made in
money, war-like stores, and timber, which were offered to the
Indian Government by the Prime Minister and gratefully accepted.
The assistance, rendered by Nepal did not cease with the
termination of the European war, but has since been continued in
connection with the campaigns in Mesopotamia and the Indian
Frontier.
The present Ruler of the State is His Majesty Mah raj ad hi raj a
Tribubhana Bir Bikram .Jang Bahadur Sha Bahadur Shumshere
Jung, who ascended the throne in 1911. ’The real powers of
administration in the State are. however, vested in the Prime
Minister, who is now His Excellency Maharaja Sir (’handra
Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.c.v.o., D.C.L., who is
also Honorary General in the British Army.
CHAPTER XXII.
made with the Nepal Government. During the war, this force was
enormously expanded by the formation of new battalions. It is
estimated that the total number of men .taken out of the country
exceeded 200,000. Ft need not be pointed out this constitutes a
large proportion of the manho.od of thh country. Recruitment
on this scale needed not only driving power from the Central
Government of Nepal, but a complete and sufficient organization and
the co-operation and goodwill of officials throughout the country. It
is not too much to say that Nepal’s achievement in the above
matters was dm1, to the unique authority and prestige enjoyed by the
Prime Minister.
How the Gurkha, troops fought on every front, and the casual ties
they sustained, is a matter of military history. The hardihood
and bravery of Gurkhas is too well known to require repetition
here.
Although the supply of fighting men was by far the most
important of the'services rendered by Nepal to the Allies, mention
should not bo omitted of the generous contributions made in
money, war-like stores, and timber, which were offered to the
Indian Government by the Prime Minister and gratefully accepted.
The assistance, rendered by Nepal did not cease with the
termination of the European war, but has since been continued in
connection with the campaigns in Mesopotamia and the Indian
Frontier.
The present Ruler of the State is His Majesty Mah raj ad hi raj a
Tribubhana Bir Bikram .Jang Bahadur Sha Bahadur Shumshere
Jung, who ascended the throne in 1911. ’The real powers of
administration in the State are. however, vested in the Prime
Minister, who is now His Excellency Maharaja Sir (’handra
Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.c.v.o., D.C.L., who is
also Honorary General in the British Army.