The Gurkhas or Gorkhas are the fighters of Nepalese nationality enrolled in British Army, Indian Army, Gurkha Contingent Singapore, Gurkha Reserve Unit Brunei, UN Peace Keeping power and combat areas around the globe. Generally, the expressions "Gurkha" and "Gorkhali" were synonymous with "Pahari",and gotten from the slope town and area of Gorkha from which the Kingdom of Nepal extended under Prithivi Narayan Shah which therefore additionally prompt to development of Gorkhaland and Indian Gorkha ethnic gathering in India. The name might be followed to the medieval Hindu warrior-holy person Guru Gorakhnath who has a notable hallowed place in Gorkha.The word itself got from Go-Raksha, raksha getting to be rakha. Rakhawala implies defender and is gotten from raksha too. Ethnically, Chhetri or Khas , Thakuri, Gurung and Magar primarily were the Gorkha tribes who joined recent Gorkha kingdom and battled against the British attacks. Be that as it may, today, Gorkha officers for the most part have a place with the Gurung, Magar, Rai, Limbu and Sunuwar, and a modest bunch of Chhetri; there is no ethnicity based confinement to join. There are Gurkha military units in the Nepalese, British and the Indian armed force enrolled in Nepal, United Kingdom and India. In spite of the fact that they meet a hefty portion of the necessities of Article of Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions with respect to hired soldiers, they are excluded under provisions like the French Foreign Legion.