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36th Jacob's Horse
Chronology
- 1846 raised by Lieut John Jacob as 2nd Regiment of Scinde Irregular Horse
- 1860 became the 2nd Regiment of Scinde Horse
- 1861 became the 9th Regiment of Scinde Silladar Cavalry
- 1861 became the 2nd Regiment of Scinde Horse
- 1885 became the 6th Bombay Cavalry (Jacob-Ka-Rissallah)
- 1888 became the 6th Bombay Cavalry (Jacob’s Horse)
- 1903 became the 36th Jacob's Horse
- 1922 amalgamated with the 35th Scinde Horse to become the 14th Prince of Wales’s Own Scinde Horse
- 1947 allocated to India on Partition
- 1950 became 14 Scinde Horse
Biographies
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
John Jacob (1812-1858)
See also
External Links
- 36th Jacob's Horse Wikipedia
- John Jacob Wikipedia
- 14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse Wikipedia
Historical books online
- 2nd Regiment of Scinde Horse was raised in 1846 Allen’s Indian Mail 1846, page 203
- Scinde Irregular Horse Record Book www.archive.org
- Record book of the Scinde irregular horse Volume II 8th October 1851 to 13th June 1855 1856 Google Books
- Obituary of John Jacob, commander of the Scinde Horse, died 1858 Google Books