Nagpur Rifles

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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:

By 1940:[1]

  • Uniform - Khaki
  • Badge - Light Infantry Bugle and Cord


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Jackson, Major Donovan India's Army (1940)
  2. Indian Army List 1st Sept 1901