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	Risaldar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Risaldar (often called Ressaidar in the British Indian Army), meaning in Persian commander of a risala (mounted troop) is a mid-level rank in cavalry and armoured units of the Indian Army.
		The Indian Army has a unique set of ranks, which stand between a non-commissioned officers and commissioned officers.
		A Risaldar ranks above a Naib Risaldar (called a Jemadar in the British Indian Army) and below a Risaldar Major.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Risaldar_Major (137 words)

	THE WAY IT WAS - 2
		Risaldar Maizullah with an excellent service record was due to retire in 1969 unless he could be promoted Risaldar Major.
		Naib Risaldar Pir Mohammad asked for three days to consider my suggestion, on the third day, 22 Cavalry was given a vacancy of a naib risaldar in the headquarters squadron of 9 Armoured Brigade.
		A report was made about it, one morning the Risaldar Major came to my office and informed me that the Lieutenant Colonel Majeed, the commanding officer of the Electrical and Mechanical Engineers battalion of the 1st Armoured Division was in the unit lines inspecting the tanks.
	www.defencejournal.com /july98/thewayitwas2.htm (2490 words)

	Risaldar Badlu Singh, VC, Indian Airforce (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Risaldar Badlu Singh was attached to 29th Lancers when on 23rd September 1918 his squadron charged a strong enemy position on the west bank of the river Jordan.
		On nearing the position, Risaldar Badlu Singh realised that the squadron was suffering casualties from a small hill position on the left occupied by 200 infantry.
		Without the slightest hesitation, he assembled six other ranks and, with the greatest dash and total disregard for danger, charged and captured the position.
	www.geocities.com /siafdu/vic3a.html (111 words)

	The Poona Horse Regimental Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In the same campaign, Risaldar Dhonkul Singh once again distinguished himself at the battle of Maiwand and was, this time, admitted to the 1st Class Order of Merit.
		The foregoing major events in the service in the service record of Risaldar Major Dhonkul Singh have been culled from different period in the Regiment History, and brought together as one in order to highlight the career profile of a truly remarkable soldier.
		From reading of these incidents, spread across a life time of distinguished soldiering the picture that emerges is of a man born to the profession of Arms, who knew no fear and who was always prepared to sacrifice his own life in order to save the life of a comrade.
	www.poonahorse.com /history_upheaval.htm (1518 words)

	Told in the East (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Straight into the temple, two by two, behind the Risaldar, rode two fierce lines of Rajputs, overturning men and women--their drawn swords pointing this way and that--their dark eyes gleaming.
		Rear rank--'bout-face!" barked the Risaldar, and there was another clattering and stamping on the stone floor as the panting chargers pranced into the fresh formation, back to back.
		The Risaldar leaped from his horse and tossed his reins to the man behind him.
	www.manybooks.net /pages/mundytaletext04tinte10/144.html (239 words)

	The Poona Horse Regimental Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Risaldar Chandrup Singh became the Risaldar Major of the new Regiment.
		Indian Officers were- Risaldar Badam Singh (Squadron Risaldar) with troop leaders Jemader chotu Ram, Jemadar Sher Singh and Jemadar Indraj Singh.
		Both Colonel Baines and Risaldar Major Khan Mohammed Khan were present with the 33rd Cavalry in that engagement when there had been a number of casualties.
	www.poonahorse.com /history_ww2.htm (6504 words)

	Risaldar Badlu Singh, VC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Risaldar Badlu Singh was attached to 29th Lancers when "on the morning of the 23rd September 1918, his squadron charged a strong enemy position on the west bank of the river Jordan, between the river and Kh.
		"On nearing the position, Risaldar Badlu Singh realised that the squadron was suffering casualties from a small hill on the left front occupied by machine guns and 200 infantry.
		To the left is a later picture of Risaldar Singh.
	faculty.winthrop.edu /haynese/india/medals/VC/1BSingh.html (166 words)

	Gurdwara in Baghadad, Iraq
		Risaldar Sunder Singh was the son-in-law of S.S. Khazan Singh, a member of the Punjab Civil Service and author of a voluminous book in English on Sikh history and religion.
		Perhaps what interested Risaldar Sunder Singh and his fellow Sikh soldiers then was the words “Baba Nanak” with which the second line of the quatrain began.
		The materials transmitted by Risaldar Sunder Singh to S.S. Khazan greatly interested the latter and he wanted to write to the Sikhs in Baghdad, and elsewhere in the Middle East, to collect more material.
	www.punjabilok.com /faith/gurudwara/gurdwara_in_baghadad.htm (2787 words)

	Schulers Books (Told in the East - 29/43)
		Ruth sat on the divan with her face between her hands, trying to force herself to realize the full extent of her predicament and beat back the feeling of hysteria that almost had her in its grip.
		He was in a torture of discomfort on the upturned table, but he preferred not to give the Risaldar the satisfaction of knowing it.
		Ruth Bellairs had fainted, and lay as the ayah had lain when Risaldar had not yet locked her in the room.
	www.schulers.com /books/ta/t/Told_in_the_East/Told_in_the_East29.htm (1235 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Amritsar PLUS
		Risaldar Bhagwan Singh, Arjan Singh's grandfather, had moved to Lyallpur district from Amritsar district since the land there was well irrigated by canals.
		This was a part of the migration in the late 1800s when people moved from eastern Punjab to the western districts because the irrigation system developed by the British was more efficient.
		Risaldar Bhagwan Singh's son Kishan Singh did not stay in the village.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2005/20050428/aplus.htm (2162 words)

	Risaldar Badlu Singh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Risaldar Badlu Singh was attached to the 29th Lancers when on 23 September 1918, his squadron charged a strong enemy position on the west bank of the river Jordan.
		On nearing the position, Risaldar Singh realised that the squadron was suffering casualties from a small hill position on the left occupied by 200 infantry personnel.
		Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of BHARAT RAKSHAK is prohibited.
	www.bharat-rakshak.com /HEROISM/Badlu.html (132 words)

	President of India : Recent Events : Details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		We remember with gratitude the services of Risaldar Bahadur Singh of this Regiment who had the distinction of shooting down a Sabre Jet with his anti-aircraft gun during the Operation "Cactus Lily".
		In 1989 Lt Col BS Lamba, SM shot down two dreaded militants in a fierce encounter in Kupwara sector and demonstrated exceptional bravery.
		Risaldar Ram Nath Ram and Ram Singh made the supreme sacrifices while fighting insurgents in the valley.
	presidentofindia.nic.in /scripts/eventslatest1.jsp?id=873 (580 words)

	Told in the East (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Once again the Risaldar was left alone with the priest and the unconscious Ruth.
		She was suffering from the effects of long days and nights of nerve-destroying heat, with the shock of unexpected horror super- added, and she showed no disposition to recover consciousness.
		"You are a fool!" he sneered at the Risaldar, but the sword leaped from its scabbard at the word and he changed that line of argument.
	www.manybooks.net /pages/mundytaletext04tinte10/128.html (299 words)

	Schulers Books (Told in the East - 33/43)
		The priest turned and scampered up the ladder with an agility that was astonishing in a man of his build and paunch.
		It was Shaitan, young Bellairs' Khaubuli charger, with his haunches under him, plunging across the flagstones, through the fl-dark archway, out on the plain beyond--in answer to the long, sharp-roweled spurs of the Risaldar Mahommed Khan.
		Dawn broke and the roofs of old Hanadra became resplendent with the varied colors of turbans and pugrees and shawls.
	www.schulers.com /books/ta/t/Told_in_the_East/Told_in_the_East33.htm (1377 words)

	Organised crime takes a breather in Vadodara
		But, assure sociologists and police officials, there is no cause for worry, since these incidents are isolated and unrelated, and in no way indicate a return to the mafia age, given a quiet burial some five years ago alongwith Raju Risaldar, the alleged don of organised crime.
		In the Risaldar age, the police were said to be totally under Risaldar's thumb; in the recent Dipak Chauhan case, however, arrests were made within a week.
		His views are bolstered by a senior police official posted in Vadodara during the Risaldar era echoes Rajaram's views on condition of anonymity.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19980928/27150954.html (594 words)

	[No title]
		"I was risaldar in Cunnigan-bahadur's regiment of horse.
		He had come in his uniform of risaldar of the elder Cunningham's now disbanded regiment, so he had not removed his boots as another native--and he himself if in mufti--would have done.
		The Risaldar had stayed behind to make sure nothing had been forgotten, and one of his men remained with him.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext04/rungh10.txt (21558 words)

	No (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Subject: Grant of service pension to Nb/ Subedar/ Nb/ Risaldar clerks with 27 and 28 years of service.
		29.06.94 granting pension to Nb / Sub and Nb / Risaldar clerks as per their actual length of service subject to maximum of 28 years.
		9.9.97 granting pension to Nb / Sub and Nb / Risaldar clerks as per their actual length of service subject to maximum of 28 years.
	pcdapension.nic.in /VTHCPCORDERS/2000/GO18022000.htm (514 words)

	The Hindu : 3 acquitted in Mujib murder case
		The third High Court judge has confirmed the death sentences on three more convicts and acquitted three others while delivering the verdict on the split judgment of a previous bench on the fate of six of the 15 convicts in the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman assassination trial.
		Justice Mohammad Fazlul Karim sentenced former Lieutenant Colonel, Muhiuddin Ahmed, former Risaldar, Moslehuddin, and former Captain, Majed, to death while acquitting former Major, Ahmed Sharful Hossain, former Captain, Nazmul Hossain Ansar, and former Captain, Kismat Hashem.
		Justice Haque upheld the 1998 trial court verdict, which sentenced all the 15 to death after five months of death reference and appeal hearing, which started on June 28 last year.
	www.hindu.com /2001/05/01/stories/03010006.htm (570 words)

	Pakistan's Looters and Plunderers: Politicians or Generals? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		This is a reference to the families who, thanks to President Ayub’s patronage, rose from little or nothing to become among the richest in Pakistan.
		These included sons and grandsons of Risaldar Majors of Hodsons Horse and sons and grandsons of Assistant Political Agents (In both cases, the ranks are humble).
		I know many sons and grandsons of Risaldar Majors but none became a billionaire unless he was one part of the Ayub regime.
	www.satribune.com /archives/jul06_12_03/opinion_amin.htm (1059 words)

	Arena (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		"Then follow." Once again the Risaldar was left alone with the priest and the unconscious of nerve-destroying heat, with the shock of unexpected horror super- priest, though, was very far from having lost his power to think.
		"You are a fool!" he sneered at the Risaldar, but the sword leaped "You hold cards and know not how to play them!" "I know along which road my honor lies!
		I lay no plans to murder percent?" The Risaldar turned his back on him, but the High priest laughed.
	www.free-web-template.org /ar/arena.html (338 words)

	Army personnel held in ISI case- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		A joint team of the Jamnagar local crime branch (LCB) and the Maharashtra police, nabbed the army man of the rank of a ‘risaldar’ from Ahmednagar in Maharashtra and have handed him over to the Army for further procedures, said Jamnagar SP Manoj Shashidhar on Sunday.
		The ‘risaldar’ will be in Army custody while a hawala trader identified as Fakir Mohammad, based in Mumbai was also picked by the team following Paniwala’s confessions.
		Sources in the police department told TNN that intelligence inputs received so far have indicated that Paniwala was posted in Jamnagar with a specific beat of keeping tabs on “weaponry being used by the Indian defence forces”.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-39899712,prtpage-1.cms (235 words)

	Defenceindia : News : Mr Gauhar Ayub, let’s rewind to 1965
		I wonder if Gauhar Ayub has mentioned in his book that his grandfather, Risaldar Mir Dad Khan, served in a well-known Indian Cavalry regiment called 4th (Hodson’s) Horse, which destroyed many American-made Patton tanks with British-made Centurians in both the 1965 and 1971 wars.
		Mir Dad Khan’s framed photograph is still a part of the Risaldar Majors’ ‘Rogues’ Gallery’ at the Junior Commissioned Officers’; Mess of the regiment.
		I mention this photograph because a retired Pakistani Army officer and veteran of the formerly undivided Indian Army under the British, who visited the Indian Military Academy at Dehra Dun during a trip to India, became very emotional on seeing his photograph, taken during his days as a cadet, still hanging on the walls.
	www.defenceindia.com /06-jun-2k5/news67.html (678 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> India -> Delhi HC issues contempt notice to Army chief (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on April 15 issued contempt notice to Army chief General S Padamnabhan for reconvening the court of inquiry into the alleged custodial death of a Naib Risaldar despite an earlier probe, conducted on court Order, finding the allegations to be true.
		A division Bench comprising Justice B A Khan and Justice V S Aggarwal issued notice to the Army Chief and Lt General Surjit Singh, the then GOC, Western Command, for alleged interference in the court Order.
		The court had ordered a thorough probe into disappearance of G L Sharma, a Naib Risaldar, who was working as a religious teacher with 43rd armed regiment, on a petition by his wife Savitri Devi.
	newsarchives.indiainfo.com /2002/04/15/15hc.html (277 words)

	Daily Excelsior....News Page
		Risaldar (honorary Lieutenant) Kartar Singh Gill, the 90-year-old hero of the Zojila Pass victory in Kashmir in 1948 was today cremated at his native village Paden in Patiala district with full military honours.
		An Army contingent from the 7th Light Cavalry reversed arms, sounded the last post and fired a volley of rounds during the last rites, which was attended by a large number of people from the village and surrounding areas.
		Risaldar (honorary Lieutenant) Karter Singh Gill was the leading troop leader during this attack and had kept his head out of the tank Turret despite heavy enemy fire.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/03oct31/news.htm (4731 words)

	Partitions of Poland
		"The English be the profit on your honor?" The Risaldar listened, for he could not help it, but he made no answer.
		I need that woman there!" "For what?" snarled the Risaldar, whirling round on him, his eyes a voice that speaks--but no Kharvani!" The Rajput turned away again and affected unconcern.
		The and say thus and thus, and thus would it be done!" The Risaldar's hand had risen to his mustache.
	www.dataindex.info /pa/partitions-of-poland.html (502 words)

	SUKKUR: Watercourses' lining begins -DAWN - Local; 26 December, 2004
		The growers of Sindh have been asked to pinpoint watercourses for repair and improvement in their areas.
		KILLED: A villager was shot dead by assailants on the pretext of karo-kari in Aitbar Brohi village in the Risaldar police jurisdiction near Kandhkot on Friday.
		The Risaldar police took away the body to a Kandhkot hospital for post-mortem and later handed it over to the relatives of the deceased.
	www.dawn.com /2004/12/26/local26.htm (242 words)

	Guns Of The Gods by Talbot Mundy eBook by BookRags
		However, since the dog-cart continued to stand still in front of the gate, he turned the guard out as a matter of routine; one never knew when sahibs will not complain about discourtesy.
		The risaldar stepped up close to the dog-cart and spoke to the man he imagined was the sais, using, as was natural, the Rajput tongue.
		“Now I feel foolish!” said Tess, and the risaldar of the guard thrust his bearded face closer, supposing she spoke to him.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/5606/58.html (490 words)

	Number Seventeen . Louis Tracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		There is no indication that her husband accompanied her on her undated visit to Delhi, when she was received in audience by the King, Akbar II, and the Queen, who were then living in a state of semi-poverty.
		One of his descendants, Mir Agha 'Ali Sahib, possesses some landed property which was probably acquired by the Risaldar.
		After the annexation of Oudh Mir Hasan 'Ali is said to have been paid a pension of Rs.
	lindas-links-to-literature.infoelectricity.org /251.html (110 words)

	SUKKUR: Canal breached, villages flooded -DAWN - Local; July 19, 2003
		The local administration has shifted the affected people to safe places and work for plugging the breach is underway.
		INJURED: Three policemen including the Risaldar SHO were injured when their mobile was hit by a rocket in Sher Garhi near Karampur, Jacobabad district, on Thursday.
		As a result, Risaldar SHO Nooruddin Khooharo, police constable Rano Khan and driver Mohammad Siddiq Khoso were seriously injured.
	www.dawn.com /2003/07/19/local32.htm (189 words)

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