Category:Indian Army Cavalry Regiments
British Indian Army Cavalry
The British Indian Army maintained about forty regiments of cavalry, officered by British and manned by Indian sowars (cavalrymen). The legendary exploits of this branch lives on in literature and early films. Among the more famous regiments in the lineages of modern Indian and Pakistani Armies are:
- Governor General's Bodyguard (now President's Bodyguard)
- Skinner's Horse (now India's 1st Horse (Skinner's)
- Gardner's Horse (now India's 2nd Lancers (Gardner's)
- Hodson's Horse (now India's 4th Horse (Hodson's) of the Bengal Lancers fame
- 6th Bengal Cavalry (later amalgamated with 7th Hariana Lancers to form 18th King Edward's Own Cavalry) now 18th Cavalry of the *Indian Army
- Probyn's Horse (now Pakistani)
- Royal Deccan Horse (now India's The Deccan Horse)
- Poona Horse (now India's The Poona Horse)
- Queen's Own Guides Cavalry (now partitioned between Pakistan and India).
- Several of these formations are still active, though they now are armoured formations, for example Guides Cavalry in Pakistan.
Wikipedia
External Links
Indian Cavalry British Empire website
Bengal Cavalry Regiments 1857-1914 Google Books
Pages in category "Indian Army Cavalry Regiments"
The following 106 pages are in this category, out of 106 total.
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- 10th Duke of Cambridge’s Own Lancers (Hodson’s Horse)
- 11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)
- 11th Prince of Wales's Own Lancers
- 12th Cavalry
- 12th Cavalry (Frontier Force)
- 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Bombay Lancers
- 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
- 14th Murray’s Jat Lancers
- 14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse
- 15th Lancers
- 15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis)
- 15th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry
- 16th Bengal Cavalry
- 16th Cavalry
- 16th Light Cavalry
- 17th Cavalry
- 17th Queen Victoria's Own Poona Horse
- 18th King Edward's Own Cavalry
- 18th Tiwana Lancers
- 1922 Indian Army Regimental Titles
- 19th King George's Own Lancers
- 19th Lancers (Fane's Horse)
- 1st (Duke of Connaught's Own) Bombay Lancers
- 1st (Duke of York's Own) Bengal Lancers
- 1st Bengal Lancers (Skinner's Horse)
- 1st Central India Horse
- 1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse
- 1st Lancers, Hyderabad Contingent
- 1st Madras Lancers
2
- 20th Deccan Horse
- 20th Lancers
- 21st (Prince Albert Victor's Own) Cavalry (Frontier Force)
- 22nd Cavalry (Frontier Force)
- 23rd Cavalry (Frontier Force)
- 25th Cavalry (Frontier Force)
- 26th Light Cavalry
- 27th Light Cavalry
- 28th Light Cavalry
- 29th Lancers (Deccan Horse)
- 2nd Bengal Lancers (Gardner's Horse)
- 2nd Central India Horse
- 2nd Lancers (Gardner’s Horse)
- 2nd Lancers, Hyderabad Contingent
- 2nd Madras Lancers
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- 30th Lancers (Gordon's Horse)
- 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
- 32nd Lancers
- 33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry
- 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse
- 35th Scinde Horse
- 36th Jacob's Horse
- 37th Lancers (Baluch Horse)
- 38th Central India Horse
- 39th Central India Horse
- 3rd Bengal Cavalry
- 3rd Cavalry
- 3rd Lancers, Hyderabad Contingent
- 3rd Madras Lancers
- 3rd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force
- 3rd Skinner’s Horse