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| [[Image:31st Lancers - Daffadar.jpg|right|thumb|350px|'31st Lancers - Daffadar' from a painting by Major A. C. Lovett]] | | #REDIRECT [[1st (Duke of Connaught's Own) Bombay Lancers]] |
| Known as '''31st Lancers'''
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| == Chronology ==
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| *'''1803''' raised as Bombay Squadron of Cavalry by Colonel John Murray
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| *'''1803''' split into 1st and 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry
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| *'''1842''' became 1st Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry (Lancers)
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| *'''1890''' became the 1st (Duke of Connaught's Own) Bombay Lancers
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| *'''1903''' became the 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
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| *'''1923''' amalgamated with the 32nd Lancers to become 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
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| *'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition becoming 13th Lancers
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| == Battle Honours ==
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| *[[1st Afghan War|Affghanistan]]
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| :*[[Battle of Ghazni 1839|Ghuznee 1839]]
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| *[[Siege of Multan Dec 1848|Mooltan]]
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| *[[3rd Burma War|Burma 1885-87]]
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| *[[3rd Afghan War|Afghanistan 1919]]
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| == External Links ==
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| [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indiancavalry/indiancavalrypre1857.htm Bombay Light Cavalry] British Empire website<br>[http://www.defencejournal.com/nov99/13th-duke.htm 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers] www.defencejournal.com
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| [[Category:Indian Army Cavalry Regiments]] | | [[Category:Indian Army Cavalry Regiments]] |