Dharan hit world headlines in 1988 when a powerful earthquake killed 700 people and flattened most of the town. Disaster struck a second time at the end of 1989 when the British Army , foreseeing forces reductions, pulled out of Dharan and handed its Gurkha Camp back to HMG. The withdrawal dealt a blow to would-be recruits here, who must...read the whole Dharan Travel Guides...