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*'''1885''' raised 24th July<ref name=IAL>''Indian Army List'' 1st Sept 1901</ref>
*'''1890''' redesignated [[Dehra Dun]] Mounted Rifles, 23rd May<ref name=Jack>Jackson, Major Donovan ''India's Army'' (1940)</ref>
*'''1909''' amalgamated with the Mounted Troop of the [[Naini Tal Volunteer Rifles]] to form the [[United Provinces Horse (Northern Regiment)|United Provinces 2nd (Northern) Regiment]].<ref>[http://www.dnw.co.uk/medals/auctionarchive/searchcataloguearchive/itemdetail.lasso?itemid=68451 A description of the Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. awarded to Major J. W. G. Ouseley, U.P. Horse 2d Regt.] www.dnw.co.uk </ref>
*'''1917''' redesignated as the 8th (Northern Regiment) United Provinces Horse
*'''1920''' redesignated as the United Provinces Horse (Northern Regiment).<ref>Snippet Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ER3zAAAAMAAJ&q=%22The+United+Provinces+Horse+(+Northern+Regiment)+%22&dq=%22The+United+Provinces+Horse+(+Northern+Regiment)+%22&hl=en&ei=0J-lTcPvIYGEvgPf0ZWPCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y page 294 ''Military badges of the British Empire 1914-18''] by Reginald H. W. Cox</ref>
==Details==
*'''Headquarters''' - [[Dehra Dun]]
*'''Uniform''' - Khaki drill<ref name=IAL />
*This [http://archive.org/stream/catalogueofphoto00forerich#page/244/mode/2up link]<ref>Page 244 ''Catalogue of the photographic collection at the Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, India.(Up to date 1st November 1911) Comp. in the office of the sylviculturist''. 1912 Archive.org</ref> appears to indicate that (some) members of the Dehra Dun Mounted Rifles c 1900 were connected with the Forest Research Institute and College, Dehra Dun
*A [http://www.goldenagebuttons.co.uk/lists/Military%20-%20Indian.htm description] of a uniform button is: Dehra Dun Mounted Rifles. Crossed rifles below horse's head on torse (goldenagebuttons.co.uk)
===Detached companies===
In 1901:<ref name=IAL />
*[[Chakrata]]
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