Bravest of the Brave : 4/5 Gurkha Rifles

Says Brig Harolikar, at the end of the narration:

As I end this personal narration I take this opportunity to pay my homage to my comrades-in-arms (Officers, Junior Commissioned Officers and other ranks of the battalion) of the 1971 war. I can find no better words than to quote Professor RL Turner (in the preface to his ‘Dictionary of the Nepali Language’)

“As I write these last words my thoughts return to you who were my comrades, the stubborn and indomitable peasants of Nepal. Once more I hear the laughter with which you greeted every hardship. Once more I see you in your bivouac or about your fires, on forced march or in trenches, now shivering with wet and cold, now scorched by a pitiless and burning sun uncomplaining you endure hunger and thirst and wounds, and at least your unwavering lines disappear into smoke and wrath of battle. Bravest of the brave, most generous of the generous, never had country more faithful friends than you” (Professor RL Turner in the preface to his “Dictionary of the Nepali language”)