-
ranks held by VCOs were:
Cavalry Rissaldar-Major (native 'Major',
adviser to the
British officers and commander)
Rissaldar (native 'Captain',
troop commander)...
- in the
Bombay Cavalry).
During World War I, the
spelling rissaldar became common. A
rissaldar was
roughly equivalent to a
native captain and
ranked between...
-
Painting of ‘
Rissaldar Mohubut Khan, Bahadur, 2nd
Scinde Irregular Horse’ by
Sandor Alexander Svoboda...
- The
highest rank an
Indian soldier could aspire to was Subadar-Major (
Rissaldar-Major in
regular cavalry units),
effectively a
senior subaltern rank....
- by a
retired Rissaldar-Major of the Guides, but he
answered "Never fear. Keep up your heart, dogs that bark don't bite!" The
Rissaldar insisted: "But...
- the
disaffected regiment was
ordered out to a
dismounted parade. The
rissaldar of the
first troop was
directed to call out the
names of the revolutionaries...
-
squadron had two
troops of nine NCOs, 70
sowars and one trumpeter, led by a
Rissaldar and a
Jemadar as 2i/c. This
traditional system caused some trouble, due...
-
Francis Henry Rutherford Drummond, 2nd
Regiment of
Central India Horse; and
Rissaldar Major Baha-ud-din Khan,
Sardar Bahadur, 1st
Regiment of
Central India...
- Compounder,
Police Hospital, Bilaspur,
Central Provinces Khan
Bahadur Rissaldar-Major
Ahmad Bahksh,
Majordomo to the
Agent to the Governor-General in...
