Mysore_Urs_Heritage

The   Commissioning of   Officers   and   JCOs    of   the   British Indian Army ( Ref : https://defenceforumindia.com/threads/disbanded-or-transferred-regiments-of-the-british-indian-army.78628/page-5        " Disbanded or Transferred Regiments of the British Indian Army " )     King's Commissioned Indian Officer  A King's commissioned Indian officer (KCIO) was an Indian officer of the British Indian Army who held a full King's commission after training at the Royal Military College,   Sandhurst,   in England, as opposed to the Indian commissioned officers (ICOs), who were trained at the Indian Military Academy at Dehra Dun, and the Viceroy's commissioned officers (VCOs), who were treated in almost all respects as commissioned officers, but who only had authority over Indian troops. KCIOs were introduced in the early 20th century under the Indianisation   process. They were eq...

Sub.Major   M.Kemparaj Urs. Bahadur ,  Mysore Infantry:   3rd Bn,( Post WW I)   Late Shri Kempa Raj Urs, was the son of Dodda Basava R;aj Urs and Chennajammanni., Kemparaj Urs was another Mysore Urs, who joined the Mysore Infantry, in its 3rd Battalion   on 05 August 1919.   (Shri Basava Raj Urs and another sibling, were the brothers of Kempa Raj Urs.}     The 3rd Bn, of Mysore Infantry was earmarked for duties at Mysore   with detachment at   Shimoga..             Information about   his basic education, his interest and other   details are not available. Whatever information available is   passed on to me, by his grandson   Shri Udaybhaskar raj Urs, else,   the service contributions of Late Kemaparaj Urs,   to the Maharaja of Mysore through   the    Mysore Infantry, would have gone   un-noticed.     ...