1. AJ Kapadia Said,

   Gurkhas have been great fighters and have been very loyal. I am not sure if they ever identified with being Indian.

2. Gautam Gupta Said,

   Gurkhas , known for their valour , were not expected to be sympathetic with the Poorbiya sepoys if we remember that the British had won the Anglo-Gurkha War of 1814-1816 with the latter’s help.At the conclusion of the hostilities, the Treaty of Sigauli was signed between the two parties. The Gurkhas were the biggest losers as they had to surrender Garhwal and Kumaon and most of the Terai to the British and agreed to withdraw from Sikkim. Thus the hill stations of Nainital and Almora came into British possession..Birjis Qadr, Begum Hazrat Mahal’s son who had been crowned as the King of Avadh in Lucknow in July 1857 by the sepoys wrote to Maharaja Jung Bahadur on 11 May 1858 , when the rebellion was all but over, soliciting the latter.s help in forming a united front against the British. The offer was promptly spurned. Jung Bahadur replied that he had no intention of disassociating from the friendship of the British Government and that he found no grounds for connecting himself with the Hindus and Muslims of Hindustan.with whom he had no common cause.

3. Philip bahadur Rai Said,

   WHO THE F*** FORMS THE ELITE IN THE INDIAN ARMY? IT IS US GORKHAS. WHO THE F*** IT WAS WHO SAVED THOUSANDS OF HINDUS DURING THE PARTITION? IT IS US GORKHAS. TIMES HAS COME TO MOVE ON F***ERS.1857 IS ANCIENT HISTORY

4. Sepoy Sunny Kalara Said,

   Philip:
   You are missing the entire point of this blog. The blog is set in 1857, the events and emotions conveyed are that of 1857.

   Gurkhas have been on the frontline of each and every war India has faught and have made tremndous contribution to Indian milatary, Indian culture and Indian society in general.

   Recreating history is not to be confused as present day sentiments.

   Also, please watch your language, this is a history blog; visited by many young students doing research on and learning about the first Indian rebellion.

5. Peter Said,

   The British were and still are masters of the technique of divide and rule.This aptitude for slyness along with their brutality and greed is what has made them “great”.We now have a world government that is the successor of the British Empire.There are no sovereign nations any more.Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.But we are far past the point of no return.

6. Peter Said,

   The Sipahis were used to fight the Gurkhas and the Sikhs and the Afghans.The British used all three to crush the sipahis.But of course the strategy of divide et impera dates back much further.

7. Peter Said,

   During the course of the Raj,40 million Indians starved to death.The majority of these after the
   only real war of independence.

8. F.J. Hughes Said,

   Philip:
   Your coments suggest that you are currently a serving Gurkha and as such you have my respects. However, why are you so dismissive of your regiments glorious past? 1857 may be 150 years ago, but your regimental traditions go back even further than that. The Sirmoor and Kumoan Battalions have a notable record of distinguished service in the Mutiny. The Gurkha post has been sadly under-posted. Perhaps you can supply this historical blog with some Regimental History?

9. Gautam Gupta Said,

   Nobody is questioning the valour of Gurkhas. They had their own reason not to fight against the British. We need not break into abusive and crude language if we find established historical facts inconvenient. History cannot be tailor made to suit our likes and dislikes. May be the British victory in the War of 1857-58 was a silver lining in the cloud. At least that’s how one school of scholars look at it because it heralded the dawn of Indian Renaissance. Let’s maintain our equanimity and not lose our cool. even in the face of facts which are not to our liking.

10. Kiran Said,

    Perhaps the Gurkhas, along with the Sikhs, had a greater sense of loyalty and duty towards their masters than the mutineering sepoys?

    I always thought loyalty was a very admirable quality, and not one to be reviled for.

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