@ruben,the way u talk about kauda makes me think u ve never held a khukuri let alone use it lol.
i dont know what sort of kshatriyas are there in west nepal(maybe u mean thakur,singh,ray etc), but i can assure u that khuda and tulwar dont have the kauda .could be that your family is a really special kshatriya family .
@magorkhe, i tried to find out the details too ,and seems the para 1 and 2 along with the british marines were the offensive forces whereas gurkhas were kept in garrison duty ie, to hold places already won/invaded. thats why only a single gurkha was killed and that also not in direct combat but due to artillary shell.there are stories of brits making propaganda leaflets about cannibal gurkhas decapitating and eating their enemies but that was just to scare them.
' Despite being ferocious fighters, Gurkhas fought as a support force and had little participation in the war compared to other regiments such as PARA 1 & 2'