Before giving the official consent for his Nepalese Gorkhas to join the East India Company’s Army, Amar Singh Thapa discussed the issue in detail with Ochterlony, who convinced him that the Gorkhas who wished to join the Nusseerees, would be well taken care of. Only then did the Gorkha General sign the historic agreement by which he surrendered Malaun Fort to Ochterlony. The agreement also stated that those not employed would be provided with an allowance until the war between Nepal and the East India Company came to its final conclusion. Amar Singh Thapa also ensured that there was no compulsion on the Gorkhas to join the British. After securing the well-being of his disbanded soldiers, Amar Singh Thapa left for Kathmandu. It was only after this the Nepalese Gorkhas joined the Nusseerree.
The Nepalese Gorkhas who joined the Nusseerree in 1815
The decision was a professional one. When their Commander-in-Chief Amar Singh Thapa left for Nepal he was allowed to take back only 200 of his troops from Rajgarh, of which he chose the seniors and from selected kith and kin. The rest had …show more content…
The Nusseeree Goorkahs and those serving under Lieutenant Young at Nahan be formed into three battalions of eight companies…the Battalions to be numbered and named as follows: -
205. The Nusseeree Goorkah to be formed into two Battalions, and to be denominated the 1st and 2nd Nusseeree Battalions. The Goorkahs under Lieutenant Young to form a third Battalion and be denominated the Sirmoor Battalion.
206. The establishment of the Kemaoon (Kumaon) Battalion to consist also of eight companies each of the same strength and establishment in every respect to that hereafter fixed for the Nusseeree and Sirmoor battalions, and to be composed of the Goorkah Corps late under the command of Soubah Jyekishen, of natives of Kemaoon, and other corps of hill
The Nepalese Gorkhas who joined the Nusseerree in 1815
The decision was a professional one. When their Commander-in-Chief Amar Singh Thapa left for Nepal he was allowed to take back only 200 of his troops from Rajgarh, of which he chose the seniors and from selected kith and kin. The rest had …show more content…
The Nusseeree Goorkahs and those serving under Lieutenant Young at Nahan be formed into three battalions of eight companies…the Battalions to be numbered and named as follows: -
205. The Nusseeree Goorkah to be formed into two Battalions, and to be denominated the 1st and 2nd Nusseeree Battalions. The Goorkahs under Lieutenant Young to form a third Battalion and be denominated the Sirmoor Battalion.
206. The establishment of the Kemaoon (Kumaon) Battalion to consist also of eight companies each of the same strength and establishment in every respect to that hereafter fixed for the Nusseeree and Sirmoor battalions, and to be composed of the Goorkah Corps late under the command of Soubah Jyekishen, of natives of Kemaoon, and other corps of hill