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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Light_Cavalry 16th Light Cavalry] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Light_Cavalry 16th Light Cavalry] Wikipedia
*YouTube videos from the National Army Museum
**[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3QdMNL79cw&list=PL2FDA0D1DB6744C8A&index=5 16th Light Cavalry jumping a water obstacle, 1935]
**[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUYSq1zuCdA&list=PL2FDA0D1DB6744C8A&index=14 16th Light Cavalry training, 1935]
**[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYQ6p6IDeck&index=16&list=PL2FDA0D1DB6744C8A 16th Light Cavalry Riding School, 1935]
**[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXfPg9EJJVg&index=18&list=PL2FDA0D1DB6744C8A 16th Light Cavalry marching from Quetta to Sibi, 1935]
**[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EhwqfoLSG4&index=17&list=PL2FDA0D1DB6744C8A Training horses for the 16th Light Cavalry at Sibi Camp, Baluchistan 1935]
**[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Nz7_FfW2Q&list=PL2FDA0D1DB6744C8A&index=20  16th Light Cavalry polo players, 1935]
**[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SUk0MJ5mrE&index=21&list=PL2FDA0D1DB6744C8A 16th Light Cavalry at the Quetta Horse Show, 1935]
 
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[[Category:Indian Army Cavalry Regiments]]
[[Category:Indian Army Cavalry Regiments]]

Revision as of 13:36, 25 March 2014

'27th & 26th Lt Cavalry' from a painting by Major A. C. Lovett

Chronology

  • 1776 raised as the 3rd Regiment of Native Cavalry (Stevenson's), Nawab of Arcot's Army
  • 1784 became the 3rd Madras Native Cavalry,transferred to British service
  • 1784 became the 1st Madras Native Cavalry
  • 1786 became the 4th Madras Native Cavalry
  • 1788 became the 2nd Madras Native Cavalry
  • 1819 became the 2nd Madras Light Cavalry
  • 1886 became the 2nd Regiment of Madras Lancers
  • 1901 became the 2nd Madras Lancers
  • 1903 became the 27th Light Cavalry
  • 1922 became the 16th Light Cavalry
  • 1947 allocated to India at independence and partition

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