The Malabar Volunteer Rifles was formed in

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on 14 August 1885 from the Calicut and Tellicherry Volunteer Corps. It was amalgamated as the 29th

Nilgiri Malabar Battalion The Nilgiri Malabar Battalion (NMB) was an Auxiliary Force (India) of the British Colonial Auxiliary Forces of the British Indian Army, composed of Eurasians/Anglo-Indians. Enrollment in the Auxiliary Force was open to all European British subject ...

on 1 April 1917.Frank Antony, ''Britain's Betrayal in India: The Story of the Anglo-Indian Community'', p. 146

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