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Witness History: The Gurkha soldiers fight for equality

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The Gurkha soldiers fight for equal rights

07/06/2019 GMT

The Gurkha soldiers fight for equality

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Gurkha soldiers fight for equality

A Nepalese regiment of the British army won the right to settle in Britain in 2009.

A Nepalese regiment of the British army won the right to settle in Britain in 2009. The decision followed a high profile media campaign.

For over 200 years soldiers from Nepal have fought in a special regiment in the British army called the Gurkhas.  In 2009 all retired Gurkhas won the right to live in Britain, following a high profile media campaign. The announcement by the British government reversed previous guidelines that prevented all but a small number of Gurkha veterans being granted the right to settle in the UK. Farhana Haider has been speaking to retired Major Tikendra Dal Dewan who was instrumental in the Gurkhas campaign for equality.

(Photo: Tikendra Dewan, chairman of the British Gurkha Welfare Society addresses hundreds of Gurkha soldiers outside the immigration office in Liverpool 01/09 2004. Credit PA)

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