Nepali Army

Nepali Army
नेपाली सेना
Emblem of the Nepali Army
Founded	1560; 464 years ago (1560)
Country	Nepal
Type	Army
Role	Land warfare
Size	98,000
Part of	Nepalese Armed Forces
Army Headquarters	Jangi Adda, Bhadrakali, Kathmandu, Bagmati Province
Nickname(s)	The Gorkhalis
Motto(s)	Better to die than to be a coward
Anniversaries	Maha Shivratri[1][2]
Engagements	See list: In the Indian subcontinent 1763 Mughal Bengal Subah invasion of Nepal Battle of Sindhuli Battle of Kirtipur Battle of Kathmandu Battle of Bhaktapur Sino−Nepalese War Gurkha−Sikh War Anglo−Nepalese War Nepalese−Tibetan War Indian Rebellion of 1857 First Waziristan Campaign Second Waziristan Campaign Third Waziristan Campaign Nepalese Civil War (1996–2006) Outside of the Indian subcontinent World War I (see Nepalese casualties) Third Anglo−Afghan War World War II (see Nepalese casualties) Somali Civil War Second Sudanese Civil War Sierra Leone Civil War Eritrean−Ethiopian War 1999 East Timorese crisis Syrian Civil War
Website	nepalarmy.mil.np
Commanders
Commander-in-chief	President Ram Chandra Poudel
Chief of the Army Staff	General Ashok Raj Sigdel
Vice Chief of the Army Staff	Nirmal Kumar Thapa
Notable commanders	Kalu Pande Ram Krishna Kunwar Vamsharaj Pande Abhiman Singh Basnyat Damodar Pande Amar Singh Thapa
Insignia
Flag

The Nepali Army (Nepali: नेपाली सेना, romanized: Nēpālī Sēnā), also referred to as the Gorkhali Army (गोरखाली सेना, Gōrakhālī Sēnā; see Gorkhas), is the land service branch of the Nepali Armed Forces. After the Gorkha Kingdom was founded in 1559, its army was established in 1560, and initially became known as the Gorkhali Army. Later it was known as the Royal Nepali Army (RNA) following the Unification of Nepal, when the Gorkha Kingdom expanded its territory to include the whole country, by conquering and annexing the other states in the region, resulting in the establishment of a single united Hindu monarchy over all of Nepal. It was officially renamed simply to the Nepali Army on 28 May 2008, upon the abolition of the 240-year-old Nepalese monarchy, and of the 449-year-old rule of the Shah dynasty, shortly after the Nepalese Civil War.

The Nepali Army has participated in various conflicts throughout its history, going as far back as the Nepali unification campaign launched by Prithvi Narayan Shah of the Gorkha Kingdom. It has engaged in an extensive number of battles within South Asia, and continues to take part in global conflicts as part of United Nations peacekeeping coalitions.

The Nepali Army is headquartered in Kathmandu and the incumbent Chief of Army Staff is General Ashok Raj Sigdel.