| THANKS SIR, THE GURKHAS WERE AND WILL ALWAYS BE PART OF OUR ARMY AND THE BRITISH INDIAN ARMY OUR HERITAGE AND LEGACY YOU WILL BE SURPRISED HOW JEALOUSLY WE PRIZE SOME OF OUR MIL TRADITIONS WHICH GOES BACK TO THOSE HOARY DAYS OF THE INDIAN ARMY IN ALL ITs SPLENDOUR DURING THE BRITISH RAJ.FROM WHAT I GATHER WE ARE MORE FUSSY AND STICKLERS OF THESE TRADITIONS THAN POSSIBLY THE BRITISH ARMY OF TODAY. |