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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. 1st Assam Regiment was awarded the Battle Honour of Kohima for its role in that [[Second World War]] battle.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060102220228/http://www.mod.uk/aboutus/history/kohima60/kohima5.htm British and Indian Army Units awarded the Battle Honour of Kohima] mod.uk, now an archived webpage.</ref>
==Regimental History and Archives==
*''The History of the Assam Regiment: Volume 1 1941 - 1947'' compiled by Captain Peter Steyn Bombay - Calcutta : Orient Longmans, 1959. This book may be available in one of the Defence Libraries, Whitehall. <ref>[http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=204749&p=2013375 Great War Forum post] by Gareth Davies</ref> It is available at the National Library of IndiaAvailable online, 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 USArefer below.
*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>
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assam_Regiment Assam Regiment] Wikipedia
*[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/UnitsARMY/Infantryunits/112-Assam-Regt.html The Assam Regiment] bharat-rakshak.com===Historical books online===*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.507517/page/n3/mode/2up ''The History of the Assam Regiment Volume 1 1941 - 1947''] by Captain Peter Steyn 1959 Archive.org.
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