China has funded 12.7 lakh Nepalese rupees to a non-government organisation (NGO) based in Kathmandu, to carry out a study on the motivation behind Gorkha community members joining Indian Army. Sources stated that in June first week, China's Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi funded a Nepalese NGO, China Study Centre (CSC), to conduct a study on Nepalis being recruited in the Gorkha regiment of Indian Army. There are seven Gorkha regiments in the Indian Army comprising 28,000 Nepali Citizens. In total, there are 11 Gorkha regiments, out of which four went to the British Army after Independence. India has 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, and 11th Gorkha regiments and the British Army has 2nd, 6th, 7th and 10th regiments.

Source: dna August 17, 2020 17:15 UTC