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The Nilgiri Volunteer Rifles were a volunteer corps under the Madras command.
Chronology
- 1878 raised on 29th October (Madras GO 1032, 27th Dec 1878)[1]
- 1892 incorporated the Coimbatore Volunteer Rifle Corps on 4th January[1]
- 1917 amalgamated on 1st April to become 20th Nilgiri Malabar Battalion[2]
Details
In 1901:[1]
- Headquarters - Ootacamund
- Uniform - khaki serge or drill according as stationed in the hills or plains
Detachments:
- Lovedale
- Coonoor
- Kolacumby
- Coimbatore
- Ochterlony Valley
- Nelacotah
- Kotagiri