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Naini Tal Volunteer Rifles
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Naini Tal Volunteer Rifles
- 1878 (possibly 1898): formed as the Naini Tal Volunteer Rifles
- 1 April 1917 : reconstituted as an IDF Unit with designation 10th (Naini Tal) Company
- 1 October 1920: renamed The Naini Tal Company [1]
Naini Tal Volunteer Rifles initially included a Mounted Troop which in 1909 amalgamated with the Dehra Dun Mounted Rifles to form the United Provinces 2nd (Northern) Regiment</ref>
A description of the Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. awarded to Major J. W. G. Ouseley, U.P. Horse 2d Regt. www.dnw.co.uk </ref>
Jim Corbett (of Jim Corbett National Park fame) attended Oak Openings Boys High School in Naini Tal[2], and at age 10, c 1885, joined the school’s Cadets, part of the Naini Tal Volunteer Rifles. His experiences are narrated here[3]
References
- ↑ The Indian Army List 1921
- ↑ Birla Vidyamandir School website
- ↑ Page 80, Jungle Lore by Jim Corbett 1953 Archive.org