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'''Major General Giri Prasad Burathoki''' was a [[Gurkha]] officer and [[Nepal|Nepalese]] [[politician]]. He was born in 1898 at Bharse, [[Gulmi District]], [[Nepal]]. He left his village at a young age to join the British army in India and was involved in [[World War I]] and [[World War II]]. He showed great bravery and distinguished service during his military career with the British for which he was conferred the title of ''"Sardar Bahadur"'' and was awarded the [[Order of British Empire]], [[Order of British India]], [[Military Cross]] and many other medals. He retired as an "Honorary Captain" of the [[British Indian Army]].<br />
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On his return home, he was made the District Commissioner of Gulmi District from 1951 to 1956. Thereafter, he was elected as a Member of Parliament from Gulmi District in 1959 and also served the first Speaker of the House. The House was dissolved by [[Mahendra of Nepal|King Mahendra]], but he was later nominated to the [[National Panchayat]] and made an Assistant Minister. He won successive elections and served as the first [[Defense Minister]] of Nepal for nearly a decade.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?278930|title=The Khukri Chronicles|publisher=[[Outlook India]]}}</ref> For his service to the nation, he was conferred the medals of the [[Order of Tri Shakti Patta]] Class I and [[Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu]] Class I. He was also conferred the title of Honorary Major General of the Nepal Army.<br />
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He died in 1981. His elder son, late Colonel Shri Prasad Burathoki also joined the [[British Indian Army]] and later the [[Indian Army]] and after his retirement served as a Minister of State of [[Nepal Government]]. His younger son, Major General Nara Bahadur Burathoki, who was the first Magar Major General of Nepalese Army after the fall of the [[Rana dynasty]], retired from the Nepal Army after a long distinguished service.<br />
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