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Officers' Training Unit NCC
Is this an Indian title? Mike
http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...1&d=1486143855 |
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Natal Colured Corps?
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National Cadet Corps NCC "the biggest youth organization in uniform in our country "
Charlie Last edited by charlie962; 05-02-17 at 06:53 PM. |
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Charlie,
Thanks. (I was being cautious since there is also an NCC (Sri Lanka). Are you able to date the title illustrated? Mike |
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Mike, I'm afraid I have no depth of knowledge here. Even Singapore may have had an NCC. But the only 'hit' I got with NCC and Officers Training Unit was for India. There was this article in The Hindu 2002 with a reminiscence of an OTU in the 60's. I get the impression that this badge probably goes back to that earlier post-independance period? But maybe there was more than one OTU? Interesting anyway, seeing that the cadet corps is larger than the army but is NOT a paramilitary organisation.
Charlie ncc india hindu2002.jpg |
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Not surprising that various parts of the Commonwealth / old Empire would ratain such organizations and even the old nomenclature. I'm intrigued by you comment that the group is not paramilitary.
Years ago my wife nearly ruined a dinner party we were at when a South African guest referred to the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides as 'paramilitary' groups to which my wife, a life-lomng Guide leader took grave exception! No idea about the NCC in India, though historically, in S.A. and elsewheer, the Scouts very definitely WERE paramilitary, as a glance at a training syllabus or their war time acitivities would confirm. What do the Indian Cadets do/learn, or can you tell? |
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