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Originally formed as the [[Chota Nagpur Mounted Rifles]] on 7th August 1891. On 2nd March 1910 the unit became the [[Chota Nagpur Light Horse]] before becoming the Chota Nagpur Regiment on 1st April 1917.
The '''Chota Nagpur Regiment''' were a mounted [[auxiliary regiment]].


*'''Uniform''' - Khaki
==Chronology==
*'''Facings''' - White
 
*'''Badge''' - Horse shoe surmounted by a crown encircling a striking cobra
*'''1891''' raised as the '''Chota Nagpur Mounted Rifles''' on the 7th August <ref name=IAL /> by W.H.Grimley<ref>[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Chota_Nagpur_Mounted_Rifles&oldid=8836 FIBIwiki contributer] 12 January 2009</ref>
*'''Motto''' - "I strike to kill"
*'''1910''' reconstituted '''Chota Nagpur Light Horse''' 2nd March<ref name=Jack>Jackson, Major Donovan ''India's Army'' (1940)</ref>
*'''1917''' became the Chota Nagpur Regiment, 1st April<ref name=Jack />
 
==Details==
'''In 1901:'''<ref name=IAL>''Indian Army List'' 1st Sept 1901</ref>
*Headquarters - [[Ranchi]]
*Uniform - Khahk drill
*Detachments at:
:Hazaribagh
:Purulia
:Chaibassa
:Sitarampur
:Barakar
:Jharia
:Giridih
 
'''By 1940:'''<ref name=Jack />
*Uniform - Khaki
*Facings - White
*Badge - Horse shoe surmounted by a crown encircling a striking cobra
*Motto - "I strike to kill"
 
==Records==
*[[British Library]]:
**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-msseur_3&cid=266-14#266-14 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)
 
==External links==
*[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:aU8qvAGjoSoJ:www.icevirtuallibrary.com/deliver/fulltext/iicep.1957.1945.pdf?itemId%3D/content/article/10.1680/iicep.1957.1945%26mimeType%3Dpdf+Chota+Nagpur+Regiment+Auxiliary+Force+(India)&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShtn2S5OTvZPGg1xm5NktjnRNTRJwWM4j_0OQI7cj059_sDgKnG5d_do09Cdwlsq5YU45rFXm7sfIIxWOIlpI87-XyIh-o_NaJeBgLZQY-K62WX2BpAP2H149I4_TJHLTs-RHJN&sig=AHIEtbQtPWvNgC-2k2rHO12FWzkY4T3lpQ Colonel Frederick Charles Temple, C.I.E., C.B.E., V.D., 1879-1957]  Obituary ICE Virtual Library. Colonel Temple served in the Chota Nagpur Regiment  from 1908 to 1933, and was Officer Commanding from 1928-33.  In 1919, during this period he was appointed Chief Town Engineer and later Administrator, for the Tata Iron and Steel Co., being responsible for the design and building of the town of [[Jamshedpur]].
*''One Hell of a Life'' by Stan Blackford, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=b5GcvYse7vYC&pg=PA97 page 97] details the author’s experience  c 1940 as a Motor Trooper in the Burnpur Light Motor Troop of  the Chota Nagpur Regiment. He worked for the Indian Standard Wagon Company, known as the Wagon Works. As soon as a European or Anglo Indian joined the company, he was automatically enrolled in the Chota Nagpur Regiment.
 
==Notes==
<references />
 
[[Category:Indian Defence Force]]
[[Category:Auxiliary Force (India)]]

Latest revision as of 12:27, 7 May 2012

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)

External links

  • Colonel Frederick Charles Temple, C.I.E., C.B.E., V.D., 1879-1957 Obituary ICE Virtual Library. Colonel Temple served in the Chota Nagpur Regiment from 1908 to 1933, and was Officer Commanding from 1928-33. In 1919, during this period he was appointed Chief Town Engineer and later Administrator, for the Tata Iron and Steel Co., being responsible for the design and building of the town of Jamshedpur.
  • One Hell of a Life by Stan Blackford, page 97 details the author’s experience c 1940 as a Motor Trooper in the Burnpur Light Motor Troop of the Chota Nagpur Regiment. He worked for the Indian Standard Wagon Company, known as the Wagon Works. As soon as a European or Anglo Indian joined the company, he was automatically enrolled in the Chota Nagpur Regiment.

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)
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