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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 <ref> ''The Indian Army List 1921''</ref> [[Naini Tal]] Volunteer Rifles initially included a Mounted Troop which in 1909 amalgamated with the [[Dehra Dun Mounted Rifles]] to form the [[United Provinces Horse (Northern Regiment)|United Provinces 2nd (Northern) Regiment]].</ref> [http://www.dnw.co.uk/medals/auctionarchive/searchcataloguearchive/itemdetail.lasso?itemid=68451 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<ref> [http://www.birlavidyamandir.com/history.asp Birla Vidyamandir School] website</ref>, and at age 10, c 1885, joined the school’s Cadets, part of the Naini Tal Volunteer Rifles. His experiences are narrated [http://archive.org/stream/JungleLore#page/n89/mode/2up/ here]<ref>Page 80, [http://archive.org/stream/JungleLore#page/n89/mode/2up/ ''Jungle Lore''] by Jim Corbett 1953 Archive.org</ref>
