[Cronos]

actually Gurkhas are an ethnic group -- from the foothills of the himalayas. They can be of Indian or Nepalese citizenship.

Basically they are Indians, just as most Sikhs ethnically are -- the indian continent is vast and diverse

Sikhs are mostly ethnic Punjabis from the state of Punjab. They are a religious group, so not all Punjabis are Sikhs, but most Sikhs are Punjabis. Gurkhas tend to be Hindus, but hinduism is also am umbrella term for a number of different religions

The language of both is Indo-European and both have a martial culture and both were highly respected from the 1700s onwards as a military group.

The Gurkhas helped the Nepalese kingdom form in the 17th century while the Sikhs who were initially peaceful became militarized as a response to Moslem atrocities in the 1700s and formed their Sikh kingdom in the 18th century -- this fell to the British by 1810 and then they helped the British conquer the rest of India, which the Brits did (mostly by diplomacy) by the 1840s.

[PVT4evr]

Very informative post. Thanks for that. I didn’t know Gurkhas were a seperate ethnic group, I always just thought of them as a military unit. Anywho, I stand corrected on some of what I said. Thanks for the clarification!

[Texas Fossil]

Thanks.