Caption: Date: 1967
Location: Dhankuta, Dhankuta
Description: The "Major" (later promoted to Colonel) Singh was the head of the Indian pension paying camp which was located in Dhankuta. Those Nepali Gurkha soldiers who had chosen to stay with the Indian Army after Independence received a quarterly pension and soldiers in eastern Nepal came to Dhankuta to collect it. Keywords: Families, Family, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, People, Peter Von Mertens, named person, portrait
