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This was one of the new regiments created in 1858 in the aftermath of the [[Indian Mutiny]] with European (i.e. British) troopers rather than Indian ones. The officers were drawn from those surviving from the old [[1st Bengal Light Cavalry]] (which had mutinied at [[Mhow]]) and the [[3rd Bengal Light Cavalry]] (which had been the first cavalry regiment to mutiny at [[Meerut]] in May 1857)
== Chronology ==
*'''1858''' raised as the 1st Bengal European Light Cavalry for service in the Indian Mutiny
*'''1862''' renamed the [[19th Hussars]]
== Service in British India ==
*'''1858-62''' India
*'''1891''' [[Bangalore]]
*'''1896''' [[Secunderabad]]
*'''1919''' [[Muttra]]
== Recommended Reading ==
'''The Diary of an Indian Cavalry Officer, 1843-63: Before, During, and After the Mutiny'''
