Bihar Light Horse
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Alternative spelling Behar Light Horse
Formed on 8th December 1862 as the Bihar Mounted Rifles. It became the Bihar Light Horse on 29th February 1884.
- Uniform - Khaki
- Facings - White
- Badge - Wild boar
- Motto "Necaspera terrent."
In 1888 "Captain Francis Carandini, who is in the 8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars has been appointed adjutant of the Behar Light Horse with the rank of major. The appointment is one much sought after, the Behar Light Horse being composed of gentlemen planters all splendidly mounted. The salary attached to the position is 820 rupees a month." [1]
British Library holdings
- History of the Behar Light Horse (the oldest Volunteer Regiment in Bengal) from its formation in 1862, with an account of the defence force, at Muzaffarpur during the Mutiny of 1857 by G. W. Disney. 1908
- History of the Behar Light Horse by G. W. Disney and T. R. Filgate. 1921
- History of the Behar Light Horse by Lieut.-Colonel W. N. R. Kemp. 1948. Also available online, see below.
- Papers of Alan William Flack, Indian Civil Service, Bihar 1937-47 relating to his activities as a member of the Bihar Light Horse. Mss Eur D1060/10
- Miscellaneous personal papers of Ian Hay Macdonald, Indian Civil Service, Bihar and Orissa 1938-47 including standing orders of Bihar Light Horse. Mss Eur E360/15
References
- ↑ Ashburton Guardian 25 April 1888, page 2 from Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand
External Links
- Bihar Light Horse Wikipedia
- In Memory of The Bihar Light Horse valmayukuk.tripod.com
- Drawing of:"Volunteering in India--the Bahar Mounted Rifles of Bengal," from The Graphic, May 8, 1880 from this page of Prof Fran Pritchett’s Indian Routes website
- George Theodore Gill - with the Bihar Light Horse from the 1930s, including photographs from David Gill’s Capt G T Gill , part of gillww1
Historical books online
- “The Behar Light Horse”, from The culture and manufacture of indigo; with a description of a planter's life and resources by Walter Maclagan Reid 1887 Archive.org
- “The Soubah Behar Mounted Rifles. An Epitomised History of the B.L.H.” from History of Behar indigo factories ; Reminiscences of Behar ; Tirhoot and its inhabitants of the past ; History of Behar Light Horse Volunteers by Minden Wilson 1908 Archive.org
- Sonepore reminiscences. Years 1840-96, page 295 by Harry E Abbott 1896. Archive.org
- History of the Behar Light Horse by W N R Kemp 1948 is available to read online at the Digital Library of India website. Contents computer page 6. Refer Online books-Digital Library of India for more details about this site.
