Chota Nagpur Regiment

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The Chota Nagpur Regiment were a mounted auxiliary regiment.

Chronology

  • 1891 raised as the Chota Nagpur Mounted Rifles on the 7th August [1] by W.H.Grimley[2]
  • 1910 reconstituted Chota Nagpur Light Horse 2nd March[3]
  • 1917 became the Chota Nagpur Regiment, 1st April[3]

Details

In 1901:[1]

  • Headquarters - Ranchi
  • Uniform - Khahk drill
  • Detachments at:
Hazaribagh
Purulia
Chaibassa
Sitarampur
Barakar
Jharia
Giridih

By 1940:[3]

  • Uniform - Khaki
  • Facings - White
  • Badge - Horse shoe surmounted by a crown encircling a striking cobra
  • Motto - "I strike to kill"

Records

  • British Library:
    • APAC catalogue entry Mss Eur D833/54 Annual Report of the Chota Nagpur Light Horse 1914-1915
    • Journal of the Chota Nagpur Regiment Auxiliary Force (India), holdings: 1938/39, shelfmark ST 1898 (Oriental Collections)

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Indian Army List 1st Sept 1901
  2. FIBIwiki contributer 12 January 2009
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Jackson, Major Donovan India's Army (1940)