There is no existence of gorkhas. Claiming as gorkha is a cheat case. A report was published In “Hindustan Times” on 20th February, 2011, Sunday in this context. There are two categories of Nepalese in India – Indian Nepalese and Foreigner Nepalese. Foreigner Nepalese are also two categories – Nepalese from Nepal and Nepalese from Bhutan. Nepali origin cannot be changed. By birth they are Nepali. SO ONLY A LUNATIC CAN BELIEVE THAT GORKHAS AND NEPALESE ARE CO-EXISTING IN INDIA OR IN NEPAL OR IN THE WORLD. A section of Nepalese are claiming that they are not Nepalese , there are Gorkhas* . Subhash Ghisingh, the chief of Gorkha National Liberation Front, is a Nepali and he belongs to ‘Tamang’ ethnic group of Nepalese. Subash Ghisingh belongs to ‘Nepali origin’. Now he has claimed that he is a ‘Gorkha’ i.e. he belongs to ‘Gorkha origin’. He is also demanding that he belongs to ‘Tamang’ ethnic group means ‘Tamang’ tribal group. How a person can belong to two origins? It is also the serious matter that a section of Indian Politicians and Indian Bureaucrats are extended their helping hands to the false and fictitious Gorkhas. There is no Gorkha ethnic group or Gorkha race in Nepal. According to Census 2001 of Nepal there are about 103 ethnic groups and castes in Nepal. Jirels, Kusundas, Sunuwars, Chepangs, Panchagaule, Thakalis, Tharus, Gurung, Magars, Tamangs, Newars, Rai, Limbu, Sherpa, Sonar, Lohar, Tatma, Lodha, Thami, Darai, Koche etc. some of the ethnic groups of Nepal. Nepalese migrated from Nepal and settled in almost all over India particularly in hilly areas. Large scale emigration of the Nepalese to India for economic opportunities started after the Anglo-Nepal war (1814-1816). Accordingly, the existence of Gorkha ethnic group or Gorkha race in India does not arise at all. There is no separate existence or identity of ‘Gorkhas’ as like Nepalese, Assamese, Gujratis etc Gorkha means Gorkha soldier. Nepalese were recruited in Gorkha regiments. When a Nepali was in service he is a soldier. After retirement from Gorkha regiment, he was a general citizen i.e. he was a general Nepali. The term or the word ‘GORKHAS’ means Gorkha soldiers of Gorkha regiment AND they were Nepalese, recruited mainly from Magar, Gurung, Rai ethnic groups of Nepal AND their mother tongue was Nepali or lingua franca was Nepali, and their customs, traditions, culture were Nepalese. Previous name of Nepali language was Gurkhali Language and before the Gurkhali Language it was named as Kaskura language. On 8th August 1947, it was revealed that the 2nd, 6th, 7th, and 10th Gurkha regiments had been selected for continued service with the British, while the remaining six regiments should serve the Indian government (James and Sheil-Small, 1965: 254)] – by Vidya Bir Singh Kanskar, Ph.D., Professor and Head Central Department of Geography, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu. 2nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles, 6th Gurkha Rifles, 7th Gurkha Rifles and 10th Gurkha Rifles became part of British Army. It is to be noted that 1st King George V’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment),3rd Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles, 4th Prince of Wales’s Own Gurkha Rifles, 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force), 8th Gurkha Rifles, and 9th Gurkha Rifle became part of Indian Army. INDIAN ARMY CHANGED THE NAME “GURKHA REGIMENT” TO GORKHA REGIMENT” in February, 1949 while changing the designation of King Commissioned Officer and Viceroy Commissioned Officer to Indian Commissioned Officer and Junior Commissioned Officer, respectively. It is most ironical that Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) are claiming that they are not Nepalese, they are Gorkhas, they belong to Gorkha ethnic group, they belong to Gorkha race and they have separate identity as Gorkhas like Nepalese, Assamese etc. In the year 1987, Government of West Bengal declared impliedly in writing that it has no knowledge who are calling as Gorkhas. Smt. Dil Kumari Bhandari, is a Nepali according to information, born in Darjeeling on 14th May, 1949 was the Lok Sabha Member from Sikkim state. She represented Sikkim state from May 1985 – 27 November 1989 and from 20th June, 1991 – 10th May 1996. In 1992, during the debate on the Constitution (Amendment) Bill of Amendment of Eighth Schedule for the inclusion of Nepali language, she said in Parliament that language has very important place in one’s life. This involves so much of emotional issue in fact the whole existence of a person, it is not a correct thing to play cheap gimmicks. If I indulge in such cheap gimmicks, posterity will never forgive. I, for that matter all the people who speak Nepali language, are not weak that we will change the name of our mother tongue merely by suggestions of some ignorant and fabricated arguments put forward by some vested interests. In this respect I would like to quote from one document released in 1973 by Shri Subhas Ghisingh, I do not know whether I am allowed to take his name or not. But I will read from his own document. I quote: “Jhoota Jati Gorkhali prate Nilojhanda ka general secretary, Subash Ghising ka Ghor Birod”. He again said: “Hami Gorkhali Hoi No” – we are not Gorkhas. “Hami Nepali” – we are Nepalis. “We are Nepalis and can preserve our language and culture by remaining Nepali.” ETHNIC GROUP OR RACE CANNOT BE CREATED ARTIFICIALLY, SHOULD BE REAL. Creation of Ethnic Group or Race is the natural process. No Gazette Notification or administrative Order can create Ethnic group or Race. The word “Gorkha” is a mask. A section of Indian Nepalese and most of the foreigner Nepalese in Darjeeling hills and adjoining areas covering their body by the mask “Gorkha” are claiming that they are Gorkhas, they are not Nepalese with ulterior motive. WHY THE DEMAND GORKHALAND STATE, WHEN THERE IS NO EXISTENCE OF GORKHA ETHNIC GROUP OR GORKHA RACE IN INDIA, IN NEPAL AND IN THE WORLD आज भी इस देश में कुछ लोग ऐसे है जो अभी तक सच नहीं समझ पाए:- झूटा जाति, झूटा सोच और झूटा demand, इस के नाम है GORKHALAND The land in Darjeeling was always belonged to the Lepchas. However, the Indo-Nepal Treaty of 1950, Article VII, grants citizens of both countries to move, reside and participate in trade and commerce in each other”s territory. Nepalese taking advantage of that treaty came to India to demand a separate state, but would Nepal tolerate a similar demand by the Indian citizens who are now settled in Nepal? India is always a soft state without any strategy, without any policy and even it does not react but always give in to the demands by its neighboring countries. In similar circumstances in 1950s when large numbers of Indians were settled in Burma and Sri Lanka, they got expelled and India had accepted them back without protests. Both Pakistan and Bangladesh have expelled almost all non-Muslims. However, now when India is facing the prospect of a very violent country Nepal, controlled by vicious Maoists closely linked with China, and expanding through the emigrations of its citizens, India’s response is to offer more autonomy to these foreign citizens in India and allow them to come to India more and more to take over even larger areas. Nepalese immigrants already taken over Sikkim, where they are today more than 70 percent of the population. Two questions should be asked. How long would it take these Nepalese through immigration to take over parts of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarachal, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, which they had occupied during the early 19th century? What would be implications of that given the close relationship between the present government of Nepal and China for the security of India?
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