Chota Nagpur Regiment
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The Chota Nagpur Regiment were a mounted auxiliary regiment.
Chronology
- 1891 raised as the Chota Nagpur Mounted Rifles on the 7th August [1] by W.H.Grimley[2]
- 1910 reconstituted Chota Nagpur Light Horse 2nd March[3]
- 1917 became the Chota Nagpur Regiment, 1st April[3]
Details
In 1901:[1]
- Headquarters - Ranchi
- Uniform - Khahk drill
- Detachments at:
- Hazaribagh
- Purulia
- Chaibassa
- Sitarampur
- Barakar
- Jharia
- Giridih
By 1940:[3]
- Uniform - Khaki
- Facings - White
- Badge - Horse shoe surmounted by a crown encircling a striking cobra
- Motto - "I strike to kill"
Records
- British Library:
- APAC catalogue entry Mss Eur D833/54 Annual Report of the Chota Nagpur Light Horse 1914-1915
- Journal of the Chota Nagpur Regiment Auxiliary Force (India), holdings: 1938/39, shelfmark ST 1898 (Oriental Collections)
External links
- Colonel Frederick Charles Temple, C.I.E., C.B.E., V.D., 1879-1957 Obituary ICE Virtual Library. Colonel Temple served in the Chota Nagpur Regiment from 1908 to 1933, and was Officer Commanding from 1928-33. In 1919, during this period he was appointed Chief Town Engineer and later Administrator, for the Tata Iron and Steel Co., being responsible for the design and building of the town of Jamshedpur.
- One Hell of a Life by Stan Blackford, page 97 details the author’s experience c 1940 as a Motor Trooper in the Burnpur Light Motor Troop of the Chota Nagpur Regiment. He worked for the Indian Standard Wagon Company, known as the Wagon Works. As soon as a European or Anglo Indian joined the company, he was automatically enrolled in the Chota Nagpur Regiment.
