Bangalore Battalion

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The Bangalore Battalion were an auxiliary regiment.

Chronology

  • 1868 raised as the Bangalore Rifle Volunteers on 31st November[1][2][3]
  • 1884 some detached companies separated to form the Coorg and Mysore Rifle Corps on 21st November[4]
  • 1903 one detachment separated to become the Kolar Gold Fields Rifle Volunteers on 23rd January[4]
  • 1917 amalgamated with the Coorg and Mysore Rifles to become 6th Bangalore, Coorg and Mysore Battalion on 1st April[4]
  • 1920 redesignated on 1st October as the Bangalore Battalion [4]

Details

In 1901:[1]

  • Headquarters - Bangalore
  • Uniform - Khaki drill
  • Detachments:

By 1940:[4]

  • Uniform - Rifle green
  • Facings - scarlet
  • Motto - "Defence not Defiance"

Armoury Building in Bangalore

The Armoury Building of the Bangalore Rifle Volunteers, built in Bangalore around the turn of the century, also contained a Billiards Room, Reading Room, Ladies Room and a Bar on the ground floor and the Regimental Offices, Stores and other rooms on the first floor. It was electrified, had a stage as well as an orchestral pit and served as a glittering space for concerts, dances and finally, the movies.[5]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Indian Army List 1st Sept 1901
  2. Govt. of India Mily. Dept. letter No. 998, dated 22nd March 1869 and GGO 553, dated 19th May 1870
  3. Jackson gives the formation date as 21st December 1868.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Jackson, Major Donovan India's Army (1940)
  5. Pensioner’s Paradise or POW Camp ? by Aliyeh Rizvi, July 7, 2011