Irregular Cavalry

Irregular Cavalry units, also known as Irregular Horse or Local Horse, were raised by Europeans on the silladar system. After the Indian Mutiny the irregular cavalry formed the nucleus of the cavalry taken over by the Crown.

Poona Horse, Kurnool Horse and the Hindostan Irregular Cavalry, are mentioned in Captain Trower’s book, see below, in addition to regiments in the Nizam’s Army.

See also

• Kurnool Horse
• Poona Horse
• Punjab Frontier Force
• Scinde Horse

Historical books online

• Hints on irregular cavalry: its conformation, management and use in both a military and political point of view by Capt Charles Farquhar Trower, H. H. The Nizam’s Cavalry 1845 Google Books
• "Irregular Troops" by Captain G. M. Macaulay, Commandant 1st Scinde Horse. Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Volume 5 1862 Google Books