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Also known as the '''North Bengal Mounted Rifles'''.

Originally formed on the 6th August 1873 as the [[Northern Bengal Volunteer Rifle Corps]]. The unit absorbed the [[Darjeeling Volunteer Rifle Corps]] on 5th August 1881. Reorganised on 15th February 1889 and became The Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles.

*'''Uniform''' - Scarlet
*'''Facings''' White
*'''Badge''' - Bengal Tiger
*'''Motto''' - "Fideliter"

"The head-quarters of the Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles are at [[Darjeeling]]; the force consists of 6 companies, stationed at [[Kurseong]], Jalpaiguri, Dam-Dim, Nagrakot, Alipur-Duars and Purnea, 3 companies of cadets, and one reserve company. Its total strength (1903-4) is 510 in all ranks".<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_186.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 11, p. 180]</ref>

“...all the British [[Tea Plantation|tea planters]]  were members of the North Bengal Mounted Rifles....We were issued rifles and received an allowance to cover the expenses of maintaining a horse”.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=sbGMrVYl4tYC&pg=PA184 ''Shot down''], page 184 by John M Curnow 2006 Google Books</ref>

==British Library holdings==
*''Journal of the Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles'' for the years 1927/28-1931/32

==External links==
*[http://www.vsdh.org/vsdh/sallygow/sallygowp2.html Photograph of the 1939 Victoria School cadet corp] attached to the Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles (NBMR)(scroll down) From vsdh.org
*[http://www.koi-hai.com/Default.aspx?id=485031  NBMR  Journal 1941-47] Koi-hai.com. 
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/search?query=%22Northern+Bengal+Mounted+Rifles%22&sort=date ''Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles Annual Report'' at Archive.org] for the years 1913-1914, 1915-1916, 1927-28, 1930-31, 1931-32.
*[https://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/LostScrapbook_Irvine5.htm ''Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles Journal 1926-1927''] lennonwylie.co.uk

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[[Category:Auxiliary Regiments]]