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==Details== | ==Details== | ||
''In 1901:'''<ref name=IAL>''Indian Army List'' 1st Sept 1901</ref> | '''In 1901:'''<ref name=IAL>''Indian Army List'' 1st Sept 1901</ref> | ||
*Headquarters - [[Ranchi]] | *Headquarters - [[Ranchi]] | ||
*Uniform - Khahk drill | *Uniform - Khahk drill | ||
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==Records== | ==Records== | ||
*[[British Library]] | *[[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'' | **[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) | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 14:24, 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
- Journal of the Chota Nagpur Regiment Auxiliary Force (India), holdings: 1938/39, shelfmark ST 1898 (Oriental Collections)