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The '''Malabar Volunteer Rifles''' were a [[volunteer corps]] under the Madras command.
==Chronology==
*'''1885''' incorporated the [[Calicut and Tellicherry Volunteer Corps]] as companies (PMG No 4454, 13 Aug 1885)<ref name=IAL />
*'''1885''' raised as the Malabar Volunteer Rifles on 14th August<ref name=IAL>''Indian Army List'' 1st Sept 1901</ref>
*'''1917''' amalgamated on 1st April to become [[20th Nilgiri Malabar Battalion]]<ref name=Jack>Jackson, Major Donovan ''India's Army'' (1940)</ref>
==Details==
In 1901:<ref name=IAL />
*'''Headquarters''' - [[Calicut]]
*'''Uniform''' - khaki drill
'''Detachments''':
*[[Cochin]]
*[[Tellicherry]]
*[[Cannanore]]
[[Category:Volunteer Corps]]
==Chronology==
*'''1885''' incorporated the [[Calicut and Tellicherry Volunteer Corps]] as companies (PMG No 4454, 13 Aug 1885)<ref name=IAL />
*'''1885''' raised as the Malabar Volunteer Rifles on 14th August<ref name=IAL>''Indian Army List'' 1st Sept 1901</ref>
*'''1917''' amalgamated on 1st April to become [[20th Nilgiri Malabar Battalion]]<ref name=Jack>Jackson, Major Donovan ''India's Army'' (1940)</ref>
==Details==
In 1901:<ref name=IAL />
*'''Headquarters''' - [[Calicut]]
*'''Uniform''' - khaki drill
'''Detachments''':
*[[Cochin]]
*[[Tellicherry]]
*[[Cannanore]]
[[Category:Volunteer Corps]]
