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Lone Nepali Gorkha who subdued 40 train robbers
POKHARA, Jan 13: Gorkha soldiers have long been known the world over for their valor and these khukuri-wielding warriors winning the British many a battle have become folklore.
A retired Indian Gorkha soldier recently revisited those glory days when he thwarted 40 robbers, killing three of them and injuring eight others, with his khukuri during a train journey. He is in line to receive three gallantry awards from the Indian government.
Heh.
- A member of an armed robber band or gang in India or Burma
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Comments (9)
They were obviously expecti... (Below threshold)1. Posted by GarandFan | January 26, 2011 12:58 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
They were obviously expecting a compliant group of 'victims'.
1. Posted by GarandFan | January 26, 2011 12:58 PM |
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Posted on January 26, 2011 12:58
2. Posted by Stan | January 26, 2011 1:26 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Had this been in NYC or any other major city in the US; the guy would be sitting in jail, charged with multiple murders. Then the tort lawyers would be next in line.
2. Posted by Stan | January 26, 2011 1:26 PM |
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Posted on January 26, 2011 13:26
3. Posted by Roy | January 26, 2011 1:51 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
What is Nepalese for "Let's roll"?
3. Posted by Roy | January 26, 2011 1:51 PM |
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Posted on January 26, 2011 13:51
4. Posted by Paul_In_Houston | January 26, 2011 2:54 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Oh,RATS!!!
Stan beat me to it.
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4. Posted by Paul_In_Houston | January 26, 2011 2:54 PM |
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Posted on January 26, 2011 14:54
5. Posted by DJ Drummond | January 26, 2011 4:12 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
If they made this story into a movie, no one would believe it really happened. Courage, humility, respect for a girl's honor (read the details in the story), Bishnu is a hero by anyone's standards.
5. Posted by DJ Drummond | January 26, 2011 4:12 PM |
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Posted on January 26, 2011 16:12
6. Posted by Jay Guevara | January 26, 2011 5:23 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Wait - he did read them their rights, didn't he?
6. Posted by Jay Guevara | January 26, 2011 5:23 PM |
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Posted on January 26, 2011 17:23
7. Posted by mpw280 | January 26, 2011 6:12 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Just shows what a well trained, determined, and level headed guy can do to common street thugs. Forty to one, just a about even odds. Not a bad way to walk back into your unit, he won't be buying many drinks for a while. mpw
7. Posted by mpw280 | January 26, 2011 6:12 PM |
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Posted on January 26, 2011 18:12
8. Posted by Sean D Sorrentino | January 26, 2011 6:43 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"What is Nepalese for "Let's roll"?"
the phrase you're looking for is
Ayo Gorkhali (The Gorkhas are here)
here's his regiment in Wikipedia
8. Posted by Sean D Sorrentino | January 26, 2011 6:43 PM |
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Posted on January 26, 2011 18:43
9. Posted by docjim505 | January 27, 2011 1:15 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Could Shrestha have shown more valour and gallantry? He took on forty enemies armed only with a knife, killed three and wounded eight, was himself badly wounded in the fight... and did it to save the honor of a girl who was a stranger to him AND for the honor of his regiment and fellow Ghurkas.
Now THAT is a man!
Oh, and I also noted this at the end of the article:
"I would have been a meek spectator had I not carried that khukuri."
9. Posted by docjim505 | January 27, 2011 1:15 AM |
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Posted on January 27, 2011 01:15