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== Chronology ==
*'''1790''' raised as Asif Sah's Irregular Cavalry under the Colours of the Nizam of Hyderabad in Berar
*'''1801''' became the Nizam's Contingent
*'''1816''' became 2nd Reformed Horse 
*'''1826''' became 2nd Regiment, Nizam's Cavalry
*'''1854''' became the 2nd Cavalry, [[Hyderabad Contingent]]
*'''1890''' became the 2nd Lancers, Hyderabad Contingent
*'''1903''' became the '''29th Lancers (Deccan Horse)'''
*'''1922''' amalgamated with the [[20th Deccan Horse]] to become the [[9th Royal Deccan Horse|Royal Deccan Horse (9th Horse)]]
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
*'''1950''' became The Deccan Horse (9 Horse)

==First World War==
Regimental History: ''The Royal Deccan Horse In The Great War'' by  Lieutenant-Colonel E. Tennant 1939.  Available at the [[British Library]], and in a reprint<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/royal-deccan-horse-in-the-great-war/ ''The Royal Deccan Horse In The Great War'']  Naval & Military Press</ref> edition, which in turn is available as an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, see below.

The regiment served in [[Western Front|France]] and [[Egypt, Palestine, Syria (First World War)|Palestine]].

== External Links ==
*[http://www.indiapicks.com/stamps/Forces/1111_Deccan_Horse.htm Deccan Horse] indiapicks.com
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/29th_Lancers_(Deccan_Horse) 9th Royal Deccan Horse] Wikipedi
*[http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/unseen-unsung-unheralded-the-monument-of-the-fallen/article8846686.ece "Unseen, unsung, unheralded: the monument of the fallen"] by  Serish Nanisetti July 14, 2016 ''The Hindu'', Hyderabad. The Second Lancers WW1 Memorial  near Golconda fort, Hyderabad.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151121035514/http://www.cwgc.org/foreverindia/military-honours/badlu-singh.php Badlu Singh] cwgc.org, now an archived webpage. Badlu Singh was a Rissaldar in the 14th Murray's Jat Lancers, attached to the 29th Lancers (Deccan Horse). He died in Palestine in an act of supreme courage for which he was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross.  More details are in a ''Great War Forum'' post. <ref>michaeldr. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/83084-jordan-valley-day/ Jordan Valley Day] ''Great War Forum'' 30 September 2007. Retrieved 30 August 2018.</ref>
*[http://fotw.fivestarflags.com/in%5Ehyd1l.html Hyderabad Contingent Standard] fotw.fivestarflags.com
===Historical books online===
*''History of the Thirtieth Lancers Gordons Horse'' by Major E A W Stotherd  1911 is available  on [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278870 Archive.org], mirror from Digital Library of India.  This regiment was previously called  the [[4th Lancers, Hyderabad Contingent]]. The preface states that a great deal of information will be found about the other three regiments of the Hyderabad Contingent Cavalry, as in many despatches they seem to have been regarded as one large corps.
*''The Royal Deccan Horse In The Great War'' is  available in a reprint edition, which in turn is available as an  [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19CjO4DISA online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3] (located in World War II/Military Books/Britain, under letter T).

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