Excuse me but I think there are two threads going on here.Could we please please separate them?This IS the thread about the rights of Gurkhas serving before 1997 to become British Citizens NOT the wrongs or rights of immigration so why not take the other to another thread?Otherwise we are going to get right away from the original issue.
I think that they should have the choice and I've always been appalled that they weren't given the right automatically right from the start.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2786991.stm
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Gurkhas have been part of the British Army for almost 200 years
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After suffering heavy casualties in the invasion of Nepal, the British East India Company signed a hasty peace deal in 1815, which also allowed it to recruit from the ranks of the former enemy. Following the partition of India in 1947, an agreement between Nepal, India and Britain meant four Gurkha regiments from the Indian army were transferred to the British Army, eventually becoming the Gurkha Brigade.
Since then, the Gurkhas have loyally fought for the British all over the world, receiving 13 Victoria Crosses between them.
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