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[[Image:31st Lancers - Daffadar.jpg|right|thumb|350px|'31st Lancers - Daffadar' from a painting by Major A. C. Lovett]]
[[Image:31st Lancers - Daffadar.jpg|right|thumb|350px|'31st Lancers - Daffadar' from a painting by Major A. C. Lovett]]
Known as '''31st Lancers'''
== Chronology ==
== Chronology ==
*'''1803''' raised as Bombay Squadron of Cavalry by Colonel John Murray
*'''1803''' raised as Bombay Squadron of Cavalry by Colonel John Murray

Revision as of 19:50, 14 May 2009

'31st Lancers - Daffadar' from a painting by Major A. C. Lovett

Known as 31st Lancers

Chronology

  • 1803 raised as Bombay Squadron of Cavalry by Colonel John Murray
  • 1803 split into 1st and 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry
  • 1842 became 1st Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry (Lancers)
  • 1890 became the 1st (Duke of Connaught's Own) Bombay Lancers
  • 1903 became the 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition

External Links

Bombay Light Cavalry British Empire website
13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers www.defencejournal.com