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The '''Nilgiri Volunteer Rifles''' were a [[Category:Auxiliary Regimentsvolunteer corps]]under the Madras command. ==Chronology==The Nilgiri Volunteer Rifles were *'''1878''' raised on 29th October(Madras GO 1032, 27th Dec 1878)<ref name=IAL>''Indian Army List'' 1st Sept 1901</ref>*'''1892''' incorporated the [[Coimbatore Volunteer Rifle Corps]] on 4th January<ref name=IAL />*'''1917''' amalgamated on 1st April to become [[20th Nilgiri Malabar Battalion]]<ref name=Jack>Jackson, and amalgamated with Major Donovan ''India's Army'' (1940)</ref> ==Details==In 1901:<ref name=IAL />*'''Headquarters''' - [[Ootacamund]]*'''Uniform''' - khaki serge or drill according as stationed in the hills or plains '''Detachments''':*[[Lovedale]]*[[Coonoor]]*Kolacumby*[[Coimbatore ]]*Ochterlony Valley*Nelacotah*[[Kotagiri]] [[Category:Volunteer Corps]] that formed in 1885.