Chota Nagpur Regiment

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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)

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Indian Army List 1st Sept 1901
  2. ↑ FIBIwiki contributer 12 January 2009
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Jackson, Major Donovan India's Army (1940)
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