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Berar Volunteer Rifle Corps
The Berar Volunteer Rifles were a volunteer corps and organized under The Resident, Hyderabad.
Chronology
- 1879 raised as Berar Volunteer Rifle Corps on 21st February[1]
- 1904 absorbed by the Nagpur Volunteer Rifles on 1st October[1]
Details
In 1901:[2]
- Uniform - Khaki drill
- Headquarters - Amraoti
Detachments at:
- Akola
- Wun
- Ellichpur
- Budneira
- Buldana
- Khamgaum
- Sheogaon
- Basim
Notes
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Jackson, Major Donovan India's Army (1940)
- ↑ Indian Army List 1st Sept 1901