brother simple answer, for bread n butter. 200 years for sure but time also changes things, it is very much professional now since army is institution itself. it is true the injustice n unfair but legal battle is going on simultaneously n the verdicts r going on our favour. about thier responsibilites n duties towards motherland, time and again thier expereince n soldier professionalism has been used in various historic revolution of nepal. they r one of the major contributor of foreign remittances. since thier pensions r directly diposted in their accounts namely in standard chartered bank, thier physical absence doesnt affect the pension remittances being injected in nepal. gurkha welfare society has done n is still doing lots of social work around rural nepal. above all their families n many other related to them has been able to increase their living standard n provide quality educations to thier childrens.

professionalism of gurkhas r not only used in british n india but in singapore as singapore police and in brunie as gurkha reserve unit (GRU) for sultan.