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==Regimental History and Archives== | ==Regimental History and Archives== | ||
| − | *''The History of the Assam Regiment: Volume 1 1941 - 1947'' compiled by Captain Peter Steyn | + | *''The History of the Assam Regiment: Volume 1 1941 - 1947'' compiled by Captain Peter Steyn - Calcutta : Orient Longmans, 1959. This book is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. It is also available at the National Library of India, Calcutta,<ref> National Library of India, Calcutta [http://www.nationallibrary.gov.in/showdetails.php?id=237595 catalogue entry] </ref> and the Universities of Chicago and Pennsylvania in the USA. |
*Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge holds the LLOYD JONES (D.E.) Papers which contain many items relating to the Assam Regiment<ref>Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge catalogue entry [http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/papers/handlist/Handlist_L.htm “Handlist of Papers – L” ]. Scroll down to the LLOYD JONES (D.E.) Papers </ref> | *Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge holds the LLOYD JONES (D.E.) Papers which contain many items relating to the Assam Regiment<ref>Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge catalogue entry [http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/papers/handlist/Handlist_L.htm “Handlist of Papers – L” ]. Scroll down to the LLOYD JONES (D.E.) Papers </ref> | ||
Revision as of 08:07, 6 February 2014
The Assam Regiment was raised on 15 June 1941 in Shillong by Lt Col Ross Howman to meet the claim of the then undivided State of Assam for its own fighting unit and to counter the threat of the Japanese invasion of India
Regimental History and Archives
- The History of the Assam Regiment: Volume 1 1941 - 1947 compiled by Captain Peter Steyn - Calcutta : Orient Longmans, 1959. This book is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. It is also available at the National Library of India, Calcutta,[1] and the Universities of Chicago and Pennsylvania in the USA.
- Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge holds the LLOYD JONES (D.E.) Papers which contain many items relating to the Assam Regiment[2]
External links
- Assam Regiment Wikipedia
- The Assam Regiment bharat-rakshak.com
References
- ↑ National Library of India, Calcutta catalogue entry
- ↑ Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge catalogue entry “Handlist of Papers – L” . Scroll down to the LLOYD JONES (D.E.) Papers
