The Chota Nagpur Regiment was raised in 1891 as the Chota Nagpore Mounted Rifles and formed part of the Cavalry Reserve in the
British Indian Army
The British Indian Army, commonly referred to as the Indian Army, was the main military of the British Raj before its dissolution in 1947. It was responsible for the defence of the British Indian Empire, including the princely states, which co ...
. It was renamed the Chota Nagpur Light Cavalry in 1910 then the Chota Nagpur Regiment in 1917. The regiment was disbanded subsequent to
India's independence in 1947.
A light horse
regiment was roughly equivalent to a
battalion in strength (~ 400 men) and its troops typically fought as
mounted infantry rather than traditional cavalry.
Military units and formations established in 1891
British Indian Army cavalry regiments
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