Hazara Mountain Battery: Difference between revisions

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1851 raised as the Hazara Mountain Train at Haripur from Hazara gunners that were trained by Major Abbot to defend the Hazara District
1858 became part of the Punjab Irregular Force
1865 became the Hazara Mountain Battery
1876 became No 4 (Hazara) Punjab Mountain Battery
1903 became the 24th Hazara Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)
1920 became the 24th Hazara Pack Battery (Frontier Force)
1921 became the 104th (Hazara) Pack Battery
1922 became the 104th (Hazara) Pack Battery (Frontier Force)
1924 became part of the Royal Regiment of Artillery as the 104th (Hazara) Pack Battery R.A. (F.F.)
1927 became the 4th (Hazara) Indian Mountain Battery, R.A. (F.F.)
1928 became the 4th (Hazara) Mountain Battery, R.A. (F.F.)
1939 became the 4th Hazara Mountain Battery F.F.
1947 allocated to India
Till Date Part of The Indian Army, 56 Field Regiment (JITRA) as P Battery. Still retains the Piffer Colors and lots of history carefully secured

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 *[http://www.king-emperor.com/Indian%20Mountain%20Artillery.html  Indian  Mountain Artillery] www.king-emperor.com
 ===Historical books online===
-*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/278775 ''Historical Record Of No 4 (Hazara) Mountain Battery Punjab Frontier Force'']  [by W. J. Honner] 1888. Pdf download, Digital Library of India
+*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/278775 ''Historical Record Of No 4 (Hazara) Mountain Battery Punjab Frontier Force'']  [by W. J. Honner] 1888. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278775 Archive.org version].
 [[Category:Punjab Frontier Force Artillery]]