Nagpur Rifles
The Nagpur Rifles (sometimes Nagpore) were a volunteer corps and auxiliary regiment based in the Nagpore area.
Chronology
- 1860 formed as the Nagpur Volunteer Rifles on 29th December[1]
- 1904 absorbed the Berar Volunteer Rifle Corps on 1st October[1]
- 1917 became 2nd Nagpur Rifles on 1st April[1]
- 1926 redesignated on 1st October as the Nagpur Rifles[1]
- 1927 on 24th December became the Nagpur Regiment[1]
- 1937 reverted to the designation Nagpur Rifles on 12th June[1]
Details
In 1901:[2]
- Headquarters - Nagpore
- Uniform - Khaki drill
- Companies and detachments:
- Warora
- Jubbulpore
- Khandwa
- Bhandara
- Chindwara
- Hoshangabaa
- Balaghat
- Seoni
- Betul
- Narsingpur
- Mandla
- Chandla
- Wardha
- Hardha
- Kamptee
- Mohpani
By 1940:[1]
- Uniform - Khaki
- Badge - Light Infantry Bugle and Cord