Difference between revisions of "36th Jacob's Horse"

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From a painting by Major A.C. Lovett

1846 raised by Lieut John Jacob as 2nd Regiment of Scinde Irregular Horse
1860 became the 2nd Regiment of Scinde Horse
1861 became the 9th Regiment of Scinde Silladar Cavalry
1861 became the 2nd Regiment of Scinde Horse
1885 became the 6th Bombay Cavalry (Jacob-Ka-Rissallah)
1888 became the 6th Bombay Cavalry (Jacob’s Horse)
1903 became the 36th Jacob's Horse
1922 amalgamated with the 35th Scinde Horse to become the 14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse
1947 allocated to India on Partition
1950 became 14 Scinde Horse

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
John Jacob (1812-1858)

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 *[http://books.google.com/books?id=CZQNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP11 ''Record book of the Scinde irregular horse Volume II 8th October 1851 to 13th June 1855''] 1856 Google Books
 *[http://books.google.com/books?id=xcoHAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA467 Obituary of John Jacob], commander of the Scinde Horse, died 1858 Google Books
+*[https://archive.org/details/generaljohnjacob00shanrich ''General John Jacob Commandant of the Sind Irregular Horse and Founder of Jacobabad''] by Alexander Innes Shand 1901 Archive.org
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