Bihar Light Horse: Difference between revisions

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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]

Regimental history

History of the Behar Light Horse by W N R Kemp 1948. See Historical books online, below.

Articles

"Bihar Light Horse (the oldest volunteer cavalry regiment in India)" by H B Ellis. The Cavalry Journal, Volume 18, 1928, published in London. Index of titles in this issue.

External links

Searchable British Library Catalogue Note spelling as either Bihar or Behar!
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

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. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.

References

↑ Ashburton Guardian 25 April 1888, page 2 from Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand

[1] Ashburton Guardian 25 April 1888, page 2 from Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand

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 [[Image:bihar1.png|thumb|Badge of The 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.
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 *'''Motto''' "Necaspera terrent."
-== External Links ==
+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."  <ref> Ashburton Guardian 25 April 1888, page 2 from  [http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=AG18880425.2.7&e=-------10--1----0-all Papers Past], National Library of  New Zealand </ref>
+==Regimental history==
+*''History of the Behar Light Horse'' by W N R Kemp 1948.  See Historical books online, below.
+==Articles==
+*"Bihar Light Horse (the oldest volunteer cavalry regiment in India)" by H B Ellis. ''The Cavalry Journal'', Volume 18, 1928, published in London. [http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/library/browse/issue.xhtml?recordId=1094760&recordType=Journal Index of titles in this issue].
+== External links ==
+*[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=1&dstmp=1419065189894&vid=IAMS_VU2 Searchable British Library Catalogue] Note spelling as either Bihar or Behar!
 *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bihar_Light_Horse Bihar Light Horse] Wikipedia
-*[http://valmayukuk.tripod.com/id42.html In Memory of The Bihar Light Horse]
+*[http://valmayukuk.tripod.com/id42.html In Memory of The Bihar Light Horse] valmayukuk.tripod.com
+*[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/britishrule/troops/graphic1880.jpg Drawing of:"Volunteering in India--the Bahar Mounted Rifles of Bengal," from ''The Graphic'', May 8, 1880] from [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/britishrule/troops/troops.html this page] of Prof Fran Pritchett’s Indian Routes website
 ===Historical books online===
+*[http://www.archive.org/stream/culturemanufactu00reidrich#page/152/mode/2up “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
 *[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924024077806#page/n331/mode/2up “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
 *[http://www.archive.org/stream/soneporereminisc00abborich#page/294/mode/2up ''Sonepore reminiscences. Years 1840-96''], page 295 by Harry E Abbott 1896. Archive.org
+*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.238395 ''History of the Behar Light Horse''] by W N R Kemp 1948. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.
+== References ==
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