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In 1888 "Captain Francis Carandini, who is in the 8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars has been appointed adjutant of the Behar Light Horse with the rank of major. The appointment is one much sought after, the Behar Light Horse being composed of gentlemen planters all splendidly mounted. The salary attached to the position is 820 rupees a month." <ref> Ashburton Guardian 25 April 1888, page 2 from [http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=AG18880425.2.7&e=-------10--1----0-all Papers Past], National Library of New Zealand </ref>
==British Library holdings==
*''History of the Behar Light Horse (the oldest Volunteer Regiment in Bengal) from its formation in 1862, with an account of the defence force, at Muzaffarpur during the Mutiny of 1857'' by G. W. Disney. 1908
*''History of the Behar Light Horse'' by G. W. Disney and T. R. Filgate. 1921
*''History of the Behar Light Horse'' by Lieut.-Colonel W. N. R. Kemp. 1948
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-msseur_4&cid=231-2-6#231-2-6 APAC Catalogue entry] Mss Eur D1060/10 Papers of Alan William Flack, Indian Civil Service, Bihar 1937-47 relating to his activities as a member of the Bihar Light Horse.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-msseur_6&cid=95-2-3#95-2-3 APAC Catalogue entry] Mss Eur E360/15 Miscellaneous personal papers of Ian Hay Macdonald, Indian Civil Service, Bihar and Orissa 1938-47 including standing orders of Bihar Light Horse
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