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The 4 Gorkha Rifles (GR), abbreviated as 4 GR, is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army comprising Gurkha soldiers of Indian and Nepalese nationality. The Fourth Gorkha Rifles has five infantry battalions. The regiment was raised in 1857 as part of the British Indian Army.

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  • The 4 Gorkha Rifles (GR), abbreviated as 4 GR, is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army comprising Gurkha soldiers of Indian and Nepalese nationality. The Fourth Gorkha Rifles has five infantry battalions. The regiment was raised in 1857 as part of the British Indian Army.
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  • 4 Gorkha Rifles
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battle honours
  • World War II
  • World War I:
  • Ypres 1915,
  • Italy 1943–45
  • 1919–39:Afghanistan 1919.
  • 1947–present:
  • 1866–1914:Ali Masjid,Kabul 1879andKandahar 1880,Afghanistan 1878–80,Chitral Campaign,Waziristan Campaign 1895,Tirah Campaign,Punjab Frontier,Boxer Rebellion, China 1900
  • Aubers,
  • Baghdad
  • Baluchistan 1918.
  • Battle of Kut1917,
  • Bishenpur,
  • Burma 1942–45,Pegu 1942,
  • Chindits 1944,
  • Egypt 1916,
  • Festubert (1915),
  • France and Flanders 1914–15,
  • Gallipoli 1915,
  • Givenchy 1914,
  • Iraq 1941,
  • Mandalay.
  • Mesopotamia 1916–18,
  • Monte Cedrone,
  • N.W. Frontier India 1917,
  • Neuve Chapelle,
  • North Africa 1940–43,
  • Punch, Gurais and Bilafond La
  • Shwebo,
  • St. Julien,
  • Syria 1941,
  • The Cauldron,
  • Theatre Honours:Punjab 1965,Jammu and Kashmir 1971
  • Tigris 1916,
  • Trestina,
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  • Rifle Green; faced black and Red
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garrison
identification symbol
  • Government (1st Bn pipers plaids and pipe bags)
  • Mackenzie HLI (2nd Bn pipers plaids and pipe bags)
  • A pair of crossedKhukris with the Roman numeral IV below,and Ashoka on top.
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military unit size
  • Five battalions
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  • Kayar Hunu Bhanda Marnu Ramro (Better to die than live like a coward)
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  • Light Infantry
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