Pokhara. More than a thousand former Gurkha soldiers and their widows are dying every year. No one has exact details, but this is the estimate. Along with them, the unfulfilled dream of receiving fair value for the blood and sweat shed in the British army is also fading.The number of former Gurkha soldiers, which was around 24,000 in the British Ministry of Defence's data in 2020, has now decreased to about 17,000. Of these, around 12,000 are retired soldiers, and about five thousand are elderly widows.“When a pensioner dies, the wife receives the pension. If the widow also dies, then...