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Description: | View of a regiment on parade in Assam, north eastern India photographed by Oscar Jean Baptiste Mallitte in the 1860s. The first regular police force in Assam was created by the British when they took over the administration of the area after the Yandabu Treaty of 1826. The duties of the Force included the maintenance of law and order and guarding the Eastern Frontier of Assam from the Brahmaputra River to Cachar. The first unit of the police force was organised in 1835 and was known as the ‘Cachar Levy’ which became the Frontier Police in 1883. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Mallitte, Oscar Jean Baptiste | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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