Surma Valley Light Horse

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Formed as the Sylhet Volunteer Rifle Corps on 22nd October 1880 and later became the Cachar and Sylhet Mounted Rifles on the 6th April 1883. Designated Surma Valley Light Horse 13th August 1886.

  • Uniform - Khaki
  • Motto - "Non Sibi Sed Patriae"

There is a brief mention in Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa : their history, people, commerce and industrial resources, page 433 by Somerset Playne , J W Bond 1917 Archive.org