Major (Retd) Bhuwani Pandhak of 7th Gurkha Rifles, arrived in Hong Kong as a young Gurkha at the age of 18 in 1979 and still has lots of love for the city where he served until mid '90s. During his service in Hong Kong, he and his comrades were based in Cassino, Burma and Gallipoli Lines. Their primary roles included border patrol protecting between Hong Kong and China from the illegal immigrants as well as to manage internal conflict. And at those times they too had operations around the globe. But he remembers how happy he felt returning back to Hong Kong after every operations and services around the world. Actually while he returning back to Hong Kong, he felt like returning home, not only because it was in Asia but also
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Gurung Dhiraj- Grandson of a Gurkha trying to learn and share the history of Gurkhas in Hong Kong. Archives
June 2018
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