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The Gurkha Reserve Unit (GRU) ( Malay: ''Unit Simpanan Gurkha / Pasukan Simpanan Gurkha (PSG)'' ) is a
Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...
ese special elite guard force in the
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. It was formed in 1974 and maintains approximately 2,000
Gurkha The Gurkhas or Gorkhas (), with endonym Gorkhali ), are soldiers native to the Indian subcontinent, Indian Subcontinent, chiefly residing within Nepal and some parts of Northeast India. The Gurkha units are composed of Nepalis and Indian Go ...
s.Brunei Darussalam
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British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurkha ...
veterans who function primarily as a
praetorian guard The Praetorian Guard (Latin: ''cohortēs praetōriae'') was a unit of the Imperial Roman army that served as personal bodyguards and intelligence agents for the Roman emperors. During the Roman Republic, the Praetorian Guard were an escort fo ...
to protect the
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, the Royal Family, and major oil installations. They also work as a special forces unit directly under the command of the Sultan, as well as alongside the Special Forces Regiment and Special Combat Squadron of the
Royal Brunei Armed Forces The Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF); ms, Angkatan Bersenjata Diraja Brunei, (ABDB), is the collective term for the military forces of the sultanate of Brunei Darussalam. They consist of the Royal Brunei Land Forces (RBLF), the Royal Brunei ...
. It is subordinate to the Security and Defence Section of the Brunei Ministry of Home Affairs.


History

In 1947, the
Britain–India–Nepal Tripartite Agreement The Tripartite Agreement between the United Kingdom, India and Nepal was a treaty signed in 1947 concerning the rights of Gurkhas recruited in military services of United Kingdom and India. This agreement does not apply to Gurkhas employed in the N ...
was signed between India, United Kingdom and Nepal, except that this agreement does not apply to Gurkhas employed in the Nepalese Army. Under the agreement, four Gurkha regiments of British Army were transferred to British Army and six joined the Indian army. As of 2020, India has 39 Gorkha battalions serving in seven Gorkha regiments.Gurkha recruitment legacy of past, says Nepal; calls 1947 tripartite agreement 'redundant'
''Times of India'', 31 July 2020. Those transferred to the British Army were posted to other remaining British colonies. In Malaya and Singapore, their presence was required in the
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, and they were to replace the
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unit in Singapore which reverted to the Indian Army on Indian independence. In 1973, prisoners of the 1962 uprising escaped. the Sultanate of Brunei decided to hire ex-Gurkhas from Hong Kong and Singapore as security after Singapore was consulted. On February 25, 1974, Mohansing Gurung became the first Gurkha to serve in Brunei. The unit was known as the Gurkha Security Guard. The GRU was fully established in 1980.


Units

* Guard Unit (GD UNIT) * Support Unit (SP UNIT) * K-9 Unit (K-9 UNIT)


See also

* Military of Brunei * Gurkha Rifles of the
British Indian Army The British Indian Army, commonly referred to as the Indian Army, was the main military of the British Raj before its dissolution in 1947. It was responsible for the defence of the British Indian Empire, including the princely states, which cou ...
(1858–1947) *
Gorkha regiments (India) Since the independence of India in 1947, as per the terms of the Britain–India–Nepal Tripartite Agreement, six Gorkha regiments, formerly part of the British Indian Army, became part of the Indian Army and have served ever since. The troops ...
, seven regiments in India which is the original parent force for the units in Singapore and Brunei * Gurkha Contingent (Singapore) * Gurkha Regiment (United Kingdom) **
Brigade of Gurkhas The Brigade of Gurkhas is the collective name which refers to all the units in the British Army that are composed of Nepalese Gurkha soldiers. The brigade draws its heritage from Gurkha units that originally served in the British Indian Army ...
(British Army) **
Royal Gurkha Rifles The Royal Gurkha Rifles (RGR) is a rifle regiment of the British Army, forming part of the Brigade of Gurkhas. Unlike other regiments in the British Army, RGR soldiers are recruited from Nepal, which is neither a dependent territory of the Uni ...
(British Army)


References


External links


Serving abroad
— at Photius.com
Brigade of Gurkhas
— British Army website {{Authority control Law enforcement agencies of Brunei Military of Brunei Gurkhas