Plight of the Singapore Gurkhas

Gurkhas retired from the Singapore Police Force are forced to live in dire economic conditions.

The Sugauli Treaty signed between Nepal and the East India Company in 1816 set the historical context of Gurkha recruitment in the British Indian Army. After the independence of India in 1947, the British and Indian governments signed another agreement and persuaded Nepal to sign it. The tripartite treaty formalised the division of the Gurkha regiments between Britain and India. The British deployed the Gurkhas in their colonies Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong.