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Khyber Rifles

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Amend chronology. Add footnote.
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]
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== Chronology ==
*'''1878''' raised as the Khyber Jezailchis by Capt Gais FordGilbert Gaisford<ref>later as Lt-Col Gaisford he was political agent in Baluchistan where he was assassinated in 1898 aged 48 years [http://glosters.tripod.com/offzdiedg.htm Officers Died website]</ref>*'''1881''' command taken by Sardar Mohammad Aslam Khan (first Muslim commander)
*'''1887''' renamed Khyber Rifles
*'''1919''' disbanded
==== Historical books on-line ====
[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924020369108#page/n12/mode/1up '' Eighteen years in the Khyber, 1879-1898''] by Colonel Sir Robert Warburton KCIE CSI 1900
 
==Footnote==
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