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Gurkha–Kangra War
The Gurkha–Kangra War (1806–1809) was fought in the Kangra hill country, where the Gurkha army under Amar Singh Thapa besieged Sansar Chand until Ranjit Singh of Lahore took the fort in August 1809.
Gurkha–Sikh War
The Gurkha–Sikh War (कांगड़ा अभियान) was an 1809 conflict in the Kangra hills, won by Maharaja Ranjit Singh, who forced the Gurkhas back across the Sutlej.
Gurla Mandhata
Gurla Mandhata (纳木那尼峰, Naimona'nyi) is a 7,694 m peak in the Nalakankar Himal, southern Tibet, the world's 34th highest, first climbed in 1985 by a Japanese-Chinese team, near Lake Manasarovar and Mount Kailash.
Gurleen Maan
Gurleen Maan, born 1988, is a Canadian farmer and reality television personality who helps run her family's Maan Farms in Abbotsford, British Columbia, and was runner-up on The Traitors Canada in 2023.
Gurley Precision Instruments
Gurley Precision Instruments is an American manufacturer of precision measuring instruments based in Troy, New York, in continuous operation since 1845 and best known for optical encoders.
Gurma
Gurma (also spelled Gourma or Gulmu) refers to a people, a region on the right bank of the Niger, and a precolonial kingdom in eastern Burkina Faso.
Gurma Kingdom
The Gurma Kingdom, also written Gourma and called Gulmu, was a precolonial monarchy in eastern Burkina Faso founded by Diaba Lompo at Pama, later ruled from Fada N'Gourma.
Gurmail Singh
Gurmail Singh, Indian field hockey half back (Punjab Police), born 1959 in Khusropur, Punjab; won gold with India at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and silver at the 1982 Asian Games.
Gurmata
The Gurmata (ਗੁਰਮਤਾ, the Guru's counsel) was a binding resolution passed by the Sarbat Khalsa at the Akal Takht in Amritsar, the supreme decision-making body of the eighteenth-century Sikh misls.
Gurmeet Choudhary (गुरमीत चौधरी)
Gurmeet Choudhary (गुरमीत चौधरी), born 1984, is an Indian television and film actor known as Lord Ram in the 2008 Ramayan, Maan Singh Khurana in Geet Hui Sabse Parayi, and lead of Punar Vivah; Bollywood debut Khamoshiyan (2015).
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, also called Dr. MSG, is an Indian spiritual leader who became head of Dera Sacha Sauda in 1990 and was convicted of rape in 2017.
Gurmeet Singh Khuddian
Gurmeet Singh Khuddian is an Indian politician from the Aam Aadmi Party and a minister in the Punjab government who defeated five-time chief minister Parkash Singh Badal at Lambi in 2022.
Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer
Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, born in 1989, is an Indian Aam Aadmi Party politician and former Punjab cabinet minister who won the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat in 2024.
Gurmit Singh
Gurmit Singh (Gurmit Singh Kullar, 1907-1992), Indian field hockey inside right, only Sikh on the British India team that won 1932 Los Angeles Olympic gold, scoring eight goals in two matches.
Gurmukhi
Gurmukhi is the North Indian script used to write Punjabi in India and to record Sikh scriptures; Sikh tradition attributes its standardization to Guru Angad.
Gurney Halleck
Gurney Halleck is the Warmaster of House Atreides and Paul Atreides's combat instructor in Frank Herbert's Dune novels, a warrior-troubadour who plays the baliset, survives the Harkonnen attack as a smuggler, and is played by Patrick Stewart (1984) and Josh Brolin (2021-2026 films).
Guro masks
Guro masks are carved wooden face and crest masks made and danced by the Guro people of central Côte d'Ivoire, with zamble, gu, and zauli the best-known trio.
Gurob
Gurob, also called Medinet Gurob, is a New Kingdom Egyptian town and harem palace at the southern entrance to the Fayum, founded under Thutmose III and occupied into the Ramesside period.
Gurob papyri
The Gurob papyri are Greek documentary papyri found at Gurob in the Fayum during Flinders Petrie's excavation, covering court records, petitions, and tax papers from 226 to 209 BC.
Gurobi Optimization
Gurobi Optimization is an optimization software company co-founded in 2008 by Robert Bixby, Zonghao Gu, and Edward Rothberg, named from the first two letters of their surnames.
Gürol M. Süel
Gürol M. Süel is an American-based molecular biologist who is Professor of Molecular Biology at UC San Diego, known for discovering ion channel-mediated electrical signaling in bacterial biofilms.
Gurpreet Ghuggi
Gurpreet Ghuggi (Gurpreet Singh Waraich), born 1971, is an Indian actor, comedian, and politician of Punjabi and Hindi cinema, known for the Ardaas series, Dunki, comedy albums, and as former AAP Punjab convener.
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (ਗੁਰਪ੍ਰੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਸੰਧੂ)
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (ਗੁਰਪ੍ਰੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਸੰਧੂ), Indian goalkeeper for Bengaluru FC and India; first Indian in the UEFA Europa League and a top European league; two-time ISL Golden Glove and 2019 Arjuna Award winner.
GURPS
GURPS (Generic Universal Role Playing System) is Steve Jackson Games' generic tabletop RPG, first published 1986, now in its Fourth Edition (2004), using 3d6 roll-under skill checks and point-buy character creation across all genres.
Gurram Paapi Reddy
Gurram Paapi Reddy (గుర్రం పాపిరెడ్డి) is a 2025 Telugu dark crime comedy directed by Murali Manohar, starring Naresh Agastya and Faria Abdullah in a corpse-swap heist; released 19 December 2025, streamed on ZEE5 from 16 January 2026.
Gurren Lagann
Gurren Lagann (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann), a 2007 Gainax mecha anime, 27 episodes on TV Tokyo, directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi, written by Kazuki Nakashima; follows Simon and Kamina from underground to a galactic war against the Anti-Spiral.
Gurshi Mons
Gurshi Mons is a 210-km-diameter mons on Venus at 47.5°S, 58.5°E in the Agnesi quadrangle (V-45), named for a Buryatian fishing deity and adopted by the IAU in 1997; it is domical, type B, and one of few V-45 montes not adjacent to ribbon tessera.
Guru (2007 film)
Guru (गुरु) is Mani Ratnam's 2007 Hindi drama starring Abhishek Bachchan as Gurukant Desai, a villager who becomes a Bombay tycoon; widely read as inspired by Dhirubhai Ambani, with A. R. Rahman music and five Filmfare Awards.
Guru (2017 film)
Guru (గురు) is a 2017 Telugu sports drama directed by Sudha Kongara, a remake of her Irudhi Suttru/Saala Khadoos, starring Venkatesh as coach Adi and real-life boxer Ritika Singh; released 31 March 2017 by Y Not Studios.
Guru (2025 film)
Guru (French title Gourou) is a 2025 French-Belgian psychological thriller directed by Yann Gozlan, starring Pierre Niney as manipulative life coach Matthieu Vasseur; premiered November 2025, released in France January 2026.