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The Malabar Volunteer Rifles was formed in India on 14 August 1885 from the Calicut and Tellicherry Volunteer Corps. It was amalgamated as the 29th Nilgiri Malabar Battalion on 1 April 1917.
References
Frank Antony, Britain's Betrayal in India: The Story of the Anglo-Indian Community, p. 146
