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Bangalore Battalion
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The Bangalore Battalion were an auxiliary regiment.
Chronology
- 1868 raised as the Bangalore Rifle Volunteers on 31st November[1][2][3]
- 1884 some detached companies separated to form the Coorg and Mysore Rifle Corps on 21st November[4]
- 1903 one detachment separated to become the Kolar Gold Fields Rifle Volunteers on 23rd January[4]
- 1917 amalgamated with the Coorg and Mysore Rifles to become 6th Bangalore, Coorg and Mysore Battalion on 1st April[4]
- 1920 redesignated on 1st October as the Bangalore Battalion [4]
Details
In 1901:[1]
- Headquarters - Bangalore
- Uniform - Khaki drill
- Detachments:
- Mysore
- Kolar Gold Fields - to become the Kolar Gold Fields Rifle Volunteers in 1903
- Whitefield
By 1940:[4]
- Uniform - Rifle green
- Facings - scarlet
- Motto - "Defence not Defiance"
Armoury Building in Bangalore
The Armoury Building of the Bangalore Rifle Volunteers, built in Bangalore around the turn of the century, also contained a Billiards Room, Reading Room, Ladies Room and a Bar on the ground floor and the Regimental Offices, Stores and other rooms on the first floor. It was electrified, had a stage as well as an orchestral pit and served as a glittering space for concerts, dances and finally, the movies.[5]
Notes
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Indian Army List 1st Sept 1901
- ↑ Govt. of India Mily. Dept. letter No. 998, dated 22nd March 1869 and GGO 553, dated 19th May 1870
- ↑ Jackson gives the formation date as 21st December 1868.
- ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Jackson, Major Donovan India's Army (1940)
- ↑ Pensioner’s Paradise or POW Camp ? by Aliyeh Rizvi, July 7, 2011