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The [[Lakhimpur Volunteer Rifle Corps]] were raised on 3rd November 1882 and later became the [[Lakhimpur Mounted Rifles]] on 27th July 1888. On the 29th February the [[Sibsagar Mounted Rifles]] were formed and later became the [[Sibsagar Mounted Infantry]] on 30th April 1886 before resuming their original designation on 15th February 1889. The [[Darrang Mounted Infantry]] formed on the 3rd June 1887 and later became the [[Darrang Mounted Rifles]] on 15th February 1889. On 6th November 1891 these units amalgamated with the [[Nowgong Mounted Rifles]], which were raised on the 27th July 1888 and the [[Gauhati Rifles]], which were formed 13th November 1885, to become the [[Assam Valley Mounted Rifles]]. Designated Assam Valley Light Horse on 25th September 1896. On 1st May 1906 the unit absorbed the [[Shillong Volunteer Rifles]] which was formed on 11th August 1882.
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The '''Assam Valley Light Horse''' were a [[volunteer corps]] and auxiliary regiment based in [[Assam]].
  
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==Chronology==
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*'''1891'''  raised as the '''Assam Valley Mounted Rifles''' on 6th November when the [[Lakhimpur Mounted Rifles]], [[Sibsagar Mounted Rifles]], [[Darrang Mounted Rifles]], [[Nowgong Mounted Rifles]] and [[Gauhati Rifles]] amalgamated<ref name=Jack>Jackson, Major Donovan ''India's Army'' (1940)</ref>
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*'''1896''' renamed Assam Valley Light Horse on 25th September<ref name=IAL>''Indian Army List''  1st Sept 1901</ref>
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*'''1906''' absorbed the [[Shillong Volunteer Rifles]] on 1st May<ref name=Jack />
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==Details==
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*Motto - "Semper Paratus"
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'''In 1901''':<ref name=IAL />
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*Uniform - Khaki drill with steel shoulder chains
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*Mess uniform - Blue with white facings
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*Headquarters - [[Dibrugarh]]
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Detachments at:
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*Doom Dooma
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*Panitola
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*Margherita
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*Moran
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*Sonari
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*Sibsagar
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*Jorhat
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*Panbarrz
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*Numalighur
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*North Lakhimpur
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*Salonah
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*Gauhati
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*Tezpur
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*Bishnath
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*Mangaldai
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'''By 1940''':<ref name=Jack />
 
*'''Uniform''' - Blue
 
*'''Uniform''' - Blue
 
*'''Facings''' - White
 
*'''Facings''' - White
 
*'''Badge''' - A.V.L.H.
 
*'''Badge''' - A.V.L.H.
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*'''Motto''' - "Semper Paratus"
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==Notes==
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<references />
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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[[Category:Auxiliary Regiments]]
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[[Category:Volunteer Corps]]
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[[Category:Auxiliary Force (India)]]
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[[Category:Indian Defence Force]]

Revision as of 14:42, 5 April 2010

The Assam Valley Light Horse were a volunteer corps and auxiliary regiment based in Assam.

Chronology

Details

  • Motto - "Semper Paratus"

In 1901:[2]

  • Uniform - Khaki drill with steel shoulder chains
  • Mess uniform - Blue with white facings
  • Headquarters - Dibrugarh

Detachments at:

  • Doom Dooma
  • Panitola
  • Margherita
  • Moran
  • Sonari
  • Sibsagar
  • Jorhat
  • Panbarrz
  • Numalighur
  • North Lakhimpur
  • Salonah
  • Gauhati
  • Tezpur
  • Bishnath
  • Mangaldai

By 1940:[1]

  • Uniform - Blue
  • Facings - White
  • Badge - A.V.L.H.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jackson, Major Donovan India's Army (1940)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Indian Army List 1st Sept 1901

External Links

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