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*'''Motto''' - "Semper Paratus"==Notes==<references />
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The [[Lakhimpur Volunteer Rifle Corps]] were raised on 3rd November 1882 and later became the [[Lakhimpur Mounted Rifles]] on 27th July 1888. On the 29th February the [[Sibsagar Mounted Rifles]] '''Assam Valley Light Horse''' were formed and later became the [[Sibsagar Mounted Infantry]] on 30th April 1886 before resuming their original designation on 15th February 1889. The a [[Darrang Mounted Infantryvolunteer corps]] formed on the 3rd June 1887 and later became the auxiliary regiment based in [[Darrang Mounted Rifles]] on 15th February 1889. On 6th November 1891 these units amalgamated with the [[Nowgong Mounted Rifles]], which were raised on the 27th July 1888 and the [[Gauhati Rifles]], which were formed 13th November 1885, to become the [[Assam Valley Mounted Rifles]]. Designated Assam Valley Light Horse on 25th September 1896. On 1st May 1906 the unit absorbed the [[Shillong Volunteer Rifles]] which was formed on 11th August 1882.
==Chronology==
*'''1891''' raised as the '''Assam Valley Mounted Rifles''' on 6th November when the [[Lakhimpur Mounted Rifles]], [[Sibsagar Mounted Rifles]], [[Darrang Mounted Rifles]], [[Nowgong Mounted Rifles]] and [[Gauhati Rifles]] amalgamated<ref name=Jack>Jackson, Major Donovan ''India's Army'' (1940)</ref>
*'''1896''' renamed Assam Valley Light Horse on 25th September<ref name=IAL>''Indian Army List'' 1st Sept 1901</ref>
*'''1906''' absorbed the [[Shillong Volunteer Rifles]] on 1st May<ref name=Jack />
==Details==
*Motto - "Semper Paratus"
'''In 1901''':<ref name=IAL />
*Uniform - Khaki drill with steel shoulder chains
*Mess uniform - Blue with white facings
*Headquarters - [[Dibrugarh]]
Detachments at:
*Doom Dooma
*Panitola
*Margherita
*Moran
*Sonari
*Sibsagar
*Jorhat
*Panbarrz
*Numalighur
*North Lakhimpur
*Salonah
*Gauhati
*Tezpur
*Bishnath
*Mangaldai
'''By 1940''':<ref name=Jack />
*'''Uniform''' - Blue
*'''Facings''' - White
*'''Badge''' - A.V.L.H.
==External Links==
[[Category:Volunteer Corps]][[Category:Auxiliary RegimentsForce (India)]][[Category:Indian Defence Force]]
