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The [[Khyber Rifles]] was a similar type of unit which had been disbanded in 1919. | The [[Khyber Rifles]] was a similar type of unit which had been disbanded in 1919. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://kpktribune.com/index.php/en/bannu/49-khyber-pakhtunkhwa/know-pukhtoonkhwa/608-guardians-of-the-frontier "Guardians of the Frontier"] ''KPK Tribune''. Retrieved 15 February 2015 | |||
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=SylfQK3VZNYC&pg=PA57 Frontier Corps] page 57 ''The Indian Army 1914-1947'' by Ian Sumner Google Books | *[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=SylfQK3VZNYC&pg=PA57 Frontier Corps] page 57 ''The Indian Army 1914-1947'' by Ian Sumner Google Books | ||
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-WRlAQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA313&ots=_lVNhELSgA&dq=South%20Waziristan%20Scouts&pg=PA313#v=onepage&q=South%20Waziristan%20Scouts&f=false Page 313] ''A Concise History of Afghanistan in 25 Volumes, Volume 1'' by Hamid Wahed Alikuzai Google Books | *[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-WRlAQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA313&ots=_lVNhELSgA&dq=South%20Waziristan%20Scouts&pg=PA313#v=onepage&q=South%20Waziristan%20Scouts&f=false Page 313] ''A Concise History of Afghanistan in 25 Volumes, Volume 1'' by Hamid Wahed Alikuzai Google Books | ||
Revision as of 05:11, 15 February 2015
The following structure of the Frontier Corps applied in 1921[1]
Theses units were not “regiments” of the Indian Army, rather they were armed para-military units paid for by the civil purse and under the control of the local Political Agent. Officers were seconded from the Indian Army.
- Kurram Militia
- North Waziristan Militia later replaced by the Tochi Scouts
- South Waziristan Militia later replaced by South Waziristan Scouts
- Mohmand Militia . In 1922 merged into the Frontier Constabulary
- Chitral Scouts
- Zhob Militia
- Mekran Levy Corps
- Gilgit Scouts
The Khyber Rifles was a similar type of unit which had been disbanded in 1919.
External links
- "Guardians of the Frontier" KPK Tribune. Retrieved 15 February 2015
- Frontier Corps page 57 The Indian Army 1914-1947 by Ian Sumner Google Books
- Page 313 A Concise History of Afghanistan in 25 Volumes, Volume 1 by Hamid Wahed Alikuzai Google Books
- The Transfrontier Corps page 144 Edge of Empire: The British Political Officer and Tribal Administration on the North-West Frontier, 1877-1947 by Christian Tripodi Google Books
- References to the Kurram Militia: page 58 Nothing But!: Book Two: The Long Road To Freedom by Brigadier Samir Bhattacharya Google Books
- Watercolour: Subadar of the Kurram Militia c 1908 National Army Museum
Footnote
- ↑ India Army List 1921 online version file page 84 actual page 95