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Malabar Volunteer Rifles
The Malabar Volunteer Rifles were a volunteer corps under the Madras command.
Chronology
- 1885 incorporated the Calicut and Tellicherry Volunteer Corps as companies (PMG No 4454, 13 Aug 1885)[1]
- 1885 raised as the Malabar Volunteer Rifles on 14th August[1]
- 1917 amalgamated on 1st April to become 20th Nilgiri Malabar Battalion[2]
Details
In 1901:[1]
- Headquarters - Calicut
- Uniform - khaki drill
Detachments:
Notes
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 Indian Army List 1st Sept 1901
- ↑ Jackson, Major Donovan India's Army (1940)