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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[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] by John Gaylor ''Defence Journal'' (Karachi) November 1999  www.defencejournal.com
*[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] by John Gaylor ''Defence Journal'' (Karachi) November 1999  www.defencejournal.com
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/527922.html "Kurdistan 1919: Military Operations in Mesopotamian Kurdistan: South Kurdistan, May–June 1919"] by Harry Fecitt. From Harry's Sideshows kaiserscross.com
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33rd, 34th and 32nd Lancers from a painting by Major A. C. Lovett

Chronology

  • 1803 raised as Bombay Squadron of Cavalry by Colonel John Murray
  • 1803 split into 1st and 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry
  • 1842 became 2nd Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry (Lancers)
  • 1903 became the 32nd Lancers
  • 1923 amalgamated with the 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers to become 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition becoming 13th Lancers

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