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*[[British Library]]
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**[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''
**[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''
**[http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/E2PDRAHFEGIMMJ7MCLYJNXAKVY3RQHARBV3BXI9UPMPYSG1HMR-07429?func=full-set-set&set_number=009881&set_entry=000001&format=999catalogue entry] ''Journal of the Chota Nagpur Regiment'' Auxiliary Force (India). Holdings: 1938/39
**[http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/E2PDRAHFEGIMMJ7MCLYJNXAKVY3RQHARBV3BXI9UPMPYSG1HMR-07429?func=full-set-set&set_number=009881&set_entry=000001&format=999 catalogue entry] ''Journal of the Chota Nagpur Regiment'' Auxiliary Force (India). Holdings: 1938/39


==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 07:18, 5 April 2010

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

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)