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| The [[Allahabad Volunteer Rifle Corps]] became the [[Allahabad Troop Light Horse]] on the 12th September 1884 and later became the [[Allahabad Light Horse]] in 1890. The [[Cawnpore Light Horse]], formed from the [[Cawnpore Volunteer Rifle Corps]] on the 5th February 1886; the [[Gorakhpur Light Horse]], formed on 20th May 1887; the [[Ghazipur Light Horse]], formed on 7th January 1887 from the [[Ghazipur Volunteer Rifle Corps]] and the [[Oudh Light Horse]] formed on 10th June 1887 from the [[Oudh Volunteer Rifle Corps]], were all amalgamated and became the [[United Provinces Light Horse]] on the 1st April 1904. On 1st April 1909 the unit designation changed to [[1st United Provinces Horse]] and then [[7th (Southern Regiment) United Provinces Horse]] on 1st April 1917. Unit became the United Provinces Horse (Southern Regiment) on 1st October 1920.
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| *'''Uniform''' - Khaki
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| *'''Badge''' - Swordsman with drawn sword on a Prancing Charger with "Relief of Lucknow, 1857" inscribed below it.
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Revision as of 11:37, 11 April 2007