This song is about the Gurkha soldiers the World knows about.
Well the Gurkhas are formed by Indo-Mongoloid men from Nepal namely from Magar, Gurung, Rai and Limbu communities. This song describe about being son of Gurkha, how prestige it is to become son of Gurkha after knowing all the brave,honest deeds their forefathers have done for the World.
Don't get us wrong that the Gurkhas enlisted in the in the foreign army(UK,Singapore, India) just for the money. Don't get us wrong us that the Gurkhas sold their souls to the foreign devils because the Gurkhas do not love their motherland Nepal.
So what was the reason one may wonder that the Gurkhas leave their love one behind to fight for others cause?
The reason the Gurkhas joined the foreign armies is because of the economic hardship faced by them back home in Nepal. The Gurkhas did not enlist in the foreign army out of goodwill but through their choice.
Lionel Caplan has summed it up as quoted ("hajur duka derai payo" ~ economic hardship) in Warrior Gentlemen: "Gurkhas" in the Western Imagination
Back at home in Nepal, the Gurkhas were never given equal opportunities by the Tajgadhari (thread-wearing or "twice-born") government which has been ruling Nepal for over 200 years now after the founding of modern Nepal by P.N Shah.
Krishna B, Bhattachan, PhD wrote "The four group Magar, Gurung, Rai and Limbu were classified under Namasine(Unslavable) matawalis (liquor drinkers) in Muluki Ain (National Code of Nepal) of 1854 set by J.B Rana.
The Muluki Ain (National Code of Nepal) of 1854 set by the Rana rulers prevented Tamangs from joining British-India-Army and any government jobs in Nepal, except as Pipa (porter) in Pipa Goswara office in Singha Durbar in Kathmandu." (Nepal: Forms and Origins of Discrimination)
Since the Tajgadhari group could not enslave the Gurkha communities, they let the British recruit the man from Magar, Gurung, Rai and Limbu communities. In return the British government paid the Nepal government for every Gurkha enlisted. The Rana and Shah rulers having enjoy these benefits in which they built European style mansion and courtyards caring less for development of Nepal instead. All the records the Rana and Shah rulers received from the Gurkha's recruitment are kept by the Royal Treasury in UK.
Therefore the Gurkhas enlisted in the foreign army so that they offspring can have access to education and better life than themselves. This is the ultimate sacrifice of each and every parent.
With that,
BIG SALUTE FROM MY SIDE.
In ancient times, the Indo-Mongoloid people in the Indian sub-continent were called Kiratas. They are first mentioned in the Yajurveda (Shukla XXX.16; Krisha III.4,12,1), and in the Atharvaveda (X.4,14), describing them as "mountain people and hunters in the forests and deadly warriors."
In Manu's Dharmashastra (X.44) they are mentioned as degraded Kshatriyas, which meant that they were considered to be of advanced civilization, but outside the ambit of Brahminical influence. Kiratas are also mentioned in ancient Greek history, Chinese history and Holy book of Sikh Guru Nanak.
Kiratas appearance in vedic literature is described as gold-like, i.e, yellow in color in skin color with the following verse.
"Kairatam vesam asthaya kancana-druma-sannibham"
Taking up a Kirata resemblance, like unto a tree of gold (IV,35,2);
The Vedas, Ramayana and Mahabharata viewed them as fearful and terrible highlanders. The Ramayana describes:
"Kiratasca tiksna-cudasca hemabhah priya-darsanah,
antar-jala-cara ghora nara-vyaghra iti srutah"
(Kiskindhya-Kanda, 40, 27, 28, qouted by N.N Vasu)
upon translation is
"The Kiratas with their hair down up in knots, shining like gold and pleasant to look upon, bold enough to move under water, terrible, veritable tiger-men, so are they famed".
The term 'Nepal' is first found in 'Atharva Parishista' (4th Century B.C.).
The term 'Kirat Desh' or Kirat Country is found in the earlier documents.
In ancient Veda text, the Himalayan region extending from Himachal Pradesh in the west, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Nepal, Assam and Tripura in the east to Chittagong in the south was referred as the "Kirat Desh".
The Vishnu Purano states that the chatur-varna or four class social system was absent in the Kirat Desh in the East and the Yavanas(Greek) and Kambojas(Iranian), etc. in the West.
Hence the chatur-varna(4-class system) or caste discrimination only came to exist in Nepal after the arrival of vedic Aryan from the Indian plains.
Finally the video "Sakela~The Greatest Festival of Kirat People" where it shows more about Kirat's history, religion and culture who are believed to have started the religion of worshiping phallus stones.
The video "Connexion of Mongolia-Kirat:Revealing the Mystery of Origin of Phallus Stone" gives the idea that the worshiping of phallus stone originated from Mongoloid people and not Vedic Aryan.
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are bahun and chettri known as gurkha because they dont look like monglion or tebet but still does that mean they are gurkha? bet it doesn't.
remix111able 7 months ago
jai nepal.
MGrgBoyZ 2 years ago
love this song my fav nepali one.Miss the gurkhas and all the pepole who died in the wars
girlwith16 2 years ago