Sentinels of the North-East: The Assam rifles
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2013-02-04
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Origins of the Assam rifles 1824-1860, extension of British rule, Cachar levy, central and northern tracts, Regional battalions 1860-1913, 1st Assam rifles (Lushai Hills Battalion), 2nd Assam Rifles (Lakhimpur Battalion), 3rd Assam Rifles (Naga Hills Battalion), First world war 1914-1918, rising of fourth battalion, reorganisations, Counter-insurgency operations on the Manipur, Burma frontier 1917-1919 preliminary measures, joint operations with Burma, column from the Lushai Hills, second phase of operations, Inter-war years 1919-1939, raising of 5th battalion, reductions and reorganisations, consolidation of tribal areas, Oaidinliu, amalgamation and other measures, McMahon line at Towang, Assam rifles in world war II: Border operations and the raising of "V" force re-raising of 5th battalion, reception of Burma refugees, " V" force, area and operational command, Assam rifles in world war II: "V" force, operations with Lushai brigade Lushai Hills op command (1st Battalion area), Lushai brigade, counter-offeniive role, capture of gangaw, Assam rifles in world war II: Operations on, Chindwin front "V" op command no 1, "V" op command no 2, "V" op command no 3; battle of Imphal plain, battle of Kohima, Assam rifles in world war II: With "V" force in Burma across the Chindwin, operations in central Burma, operations with force 136, Post-war adjustments and independence officering the force, post-independence set-backs, border operations, 1947, mr Nehru's tribal policy, administrative measures, earthquake and the floods, law and order problems, raising of 6th battalion, Northern border, Himmatsinhji committee, Towang salient, pioneers in tribal territory, operation "mop", mr Nehru's tribal policy, Naga insurgency, early operations, Naga politics, insurgency intensifies, new raisings, cease fire, Chinese aggression and the Indo-Pak war of 1965, posts along the Himalayan watershed, Chaukan pass expedition, invasion from the North, Kameng sector, central sector, walong sector, operational commitments, 1963-65, Indo-Pakistan war, 1965, Insurrection in Mizoram, post-war Lushai aspirations, famine of 1959-60, "Operation Jericho", Siege of 1st battalion, Aizawl, army takes over, security operations, 1967, Reforms and reorganisations, study group on Assam rifles, new officer cadre, directorate general, service prospects and welfare measures, Assam rifles training centre, welfare of exservicemen, Decade of the seventies, new states of the North-East, Nagaland in transition, developments in Mizoram, Assam rifles in a changing environment