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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/ | **[http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/TA6VR39857B5CUM1M8QLG82E7H9UIP3HEPSINY46R5VB8CC8U4-01412?func=file&file_name=find-b&local_base=blac catalogue entry] ''Journal of the Chota Nagpur Regiment'' Auxiliary Force (India). Holdings: 1938/39 | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 07:32, 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
- British Library
- APAC catalogue entry Mss Eur D833/54 Annual Report of the Chota Nagpur Light Horse 1914-1915
- catalogue entry Journal of the Chota Nagpur Regiment Auxiliary Force (India). Holdings: 1938/39