Nilgiri Volunteer Rifles

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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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Indian Army List 1st Sept 1901
↑ Jackson, Major Donovan India's Army (1940)

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