The British College is an internationally recognised college offering degrees and courses such as BBA, BSc (Hons) Computing, MSc International Business Management, MSc Information and Technology MBA ...

With annual tuition at a private college as high as $1,000, such fees are beyond the reach of most people in Nepal, where the per-capita income is $213 per year.

The veterans’ fight has heightened the debate in Nepal over this colonial-era legacy, a 200-year-old arrangement in which the country’s fittest and brightest are recruited into the British Army.