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[Grey_Mana]

A story of courage and heroism.

http://www.hamrosite.com/editorial/lone-nepali-gorkha-who-subdued-40-train-robbers-bishnu-shrestha

Briefly: a retired Indian Gorkha soldier is on a train, with a 'khukuri knife (which kinda looks like a sword, based on an internet search).
Forty robbers; he stays cool until they try to rape a girl. He kills 3, injures 8, the rest flee. Nepal is planning to confer several honors upon him.

 

[JayDubs]

Very cool story.

Considering it took place in the aisles of a train, the robbers were armed with knives, swords, and fake(?) pistols, and the man estimated that the fight lasted 20 MINUTES , it sounds like it was 11 knife fights one after another.

 

[Gord]

I don't know about that.

He said himself:

I would have been a meek spectator had I not carried that khukuri.

 

[Fred Fuller]

"Better to die than be a coward."

http://www.army.mod.uk/gurkhas/7544.aspx

The Gurkhas have only been eligible for the Victoria Cross since 1911. During this time 26 have been awarded, 13 to British Officers and 13 to Gurkha Soldiers. - http://www.army.mod.uk/infantry/regiments/royal-gurkha-rifles/default.aspx

Mindset, perhaps?

lpl

 

[Mikhail Weiss]

"...taking on the dacoits in the train was my duty as a human being."

Wow. This is a sentiment not much in evidence these days. (Or at least it's not much in evidence in other cultures.) Bravo, Bishnu Shrestha of Baidam.

 

[Dulvarian]

A khukuri is one of the most well balanced for hacking edged weapons I have ever swung. I would not want to cross paths with someone that had been trained to use it.

And I second the point about not many people share that sentiment as "their duty as a human being". Maybe that is the real decline of society, that we all don't feel that.

 

[GrimmLV]

The Gurkas are mean, nasty, and well decorated! They strike fear into the hearts of their enemies, and hey have honor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurkha