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See The '''Sibsagar Mounted Rifles''' were a [[volunteer corps]] based in [[Assam]]. ==Chronology==*'''1884''' raised as '''Sibsagar Mounted Rifles''' on 29th February <ref name=Jack>Jackson, Major Donovan ''India's Army'' (1940)</ref>*'''1886''' renamed the '''Sibsagar Mounted Infantry''' on 30th April<ref name=Jack />*'''1889''' resumed original designation of '''Sibsagar Mounted Rifles''' on 15th February<ref name=Jack />*'''1891''' amalgamated with several other corps to become the '''[[Assam Valley Light Horse Mounted Rifles]]'''<ref name=IAL>''Indian Army List'' 1st Sept 1901</ref> ==External links==*Photographs, catalogued "Subaltern J Black-Stevenson, Mounted Rifles, Indian Army", made 1880s. Australian War Memorial website. He was employed with Assam Tea Company c 1876-1890, and there is a reference in Thacker's Bengal Directory 1881 , [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.68580/2015.68580.The-Bengal-Directory1881#page/n1148/mode/1up page 1136]to Stevenson J B asst, Assam Co tea estate Deopane?y Naz?? Seebsaugor [Sibsagar], so it appears most likely he was with the Sibsagar Mounted Rifles.**[https://www.awm.gov.au/index.php/collection/C351237 Scarlet mess jacket with yellow facings]**[https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C351238 Scarlet mess waistcoat] **[https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C351239 Mess dress overalls] **[https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C351240 Black crepe cummerbund] **[https://www.awm.gov.au/index.php/collection/C351241 Black forage cap] ==Notes==<references /> [[Category:Auxiliary RegimentsVolunteer Corps]]
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