th Indian Independence in 1947 the ten regiments of Gurkhas were split between the Armies of Independent India and Britain. The 2nd , 6th, 7th and 10th Gurkha Rifles transferred to the British Army totaling over 18,000 and were immediately thrown into the campaign to defeat communist insurgency in Malaya from 1950 to 1958. At this stage Gurkhas were based in Malaya, Singapore and Hong Kong. In 1962 the Brunei Revolt started after which the Borneo ‘confrontation’ followed from 1963 to 1965, which involved fighting the Indonesian Regular Army in primeval jungle conditions. Rambahadur Limbu won the Victoria Cross in 1965 and so far is the last Gurkha VC winner. So 13 Gurkhas have won the VC. Gurkhas were also on action in the Falklands War in 1982 in the Gulf conflict in 1990 and thereafter in UN peacekeeping operations in Africa, the former Yugoslavia, East Timor, Afghanistan, Macedonia, Bosnia and Sierra Leone. Since 1947, the Gurkha Engineers, the Gurkha signals and the Gurkha Transport Regiment were also raised. The Gurkha Parachute Company and the Gurkha Military Police with the Gurkha Dog Company were also formed but were disbanded after Borneo operations. The Gurkha Contingent of the Singapore Police was also raised from Gurkha infantry officers and soldiers in 1949. After the Borneo operation in 1965, as part of the Defense Review, the Brigade of Gurkhas was cut down to 8,000 and many sadly went on Redundancy. In 1994, as part of Options for Change, there were further cuts and the four Gurkha regiments were disbanded and three battalions worth of Gurkhas were kept to be renamed the Royal Gurkha Rifles with the Brigade number dropping to 3,500. In 1997 when Hong Kong was handed over to China, the Gurkha regiments moved their base to the UK. Today there are only two battalions of the Royal Gurkha Rifles, one in the UK and one in Brunei, as well as elements of Engineers, Signals and Transport.