Nepalese Army

Last modified: 2005-09-17 by rob raeside
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• Introduction
• Police or Army Flag
• Army Colours
  • Main Colours
  • Colours of Shree Devidutta Battalion
  • Colours of Shree Bhairavnath Battalion
  • Colours of Shree Ganeshdal Battalion
  • Colours of Shree King's Household Cavalry
  • Colours of Shree Vajradal Company
  • Colours of Shree Bhagvati Prasad Company
  • Colours of Shree Parshwavarti Company
• Gorkha Soldiers Organization

• Nepal
• Royal Nepalese Army website

The modern Nepalese Army was founded in 1762, and today consists of 22 battalions and 44 independent companies. At least one of these is cavalry, and a few others have since WWII converted to artillery, engineers and signals without any change in their old names or in their colours. The Nepalese gave the British Army quite a licking in an 1814-16 border war, and have been perpetual friends and allies of Britain and India ever since. Nepal supplied the British Indian Army with ten regiments of Gurkha mercenaries. At Indian independence six remained in India, and four went directly to the British Army. By British tradition these are "Rifle" regiments and do not carry colours. The Nepalese Army on the other hand has always been sovereign, and shows not a trace of British influence. Nepalese units have been rotating on UN peacekeeping duty in Lebanon since 1978, but I don't know if they have taken their Colours with them.
Todd Mills, 21 June 1997

At the official site of the Royal Nepalese Army, is what would seem to be the Royal Nepalese Army flag: red, about 1:2, with a black swords-wreath-crown-moon device (as seen on the