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By the treaty of 1801 the Nizam of Hyderabad was obliged to maintain a military force called the '''Nizam's Contingent'''. The subsequent treaty of 1853 renamed the force the '''Hyderabad ContingentDeccan Horse'''. During the 19th century was the names successor of the units changed from '''1st and 2nd Regiment Nizam’s CavalryRegiments of the [[Hyderabad Contingent]]. In 1903 they became the ''' to [[20th Deccan Horse]]'''1st and 2nd Cavalry Hyderabad Contingentthe ''' and '''1st and 2nd [[29th Lancers Hyderabad Contingent(Deccan Horse)]]'''respectively. The regiments were amalgamated in 1922 to form the Royal Deccan Horse (9th Horse) which changed to The Deccan Horse (9 Horse) on Indian independence.

== Chronology Battle Honours ==*'''1790''' raised as Asif Sah's Irregular Cavalry under the Colours of the Nizam of Hyderabad in Berar[[Indian Mutiny|Central India]]*'''1801''' became the Nizam's Contingent[[Chronological list of North West Frontier Campaigns|Punjab Frontier]]*'''1816''' Irregular Cavalry reorganised into four regiments of the ‘Reformed Horse’*'''1853''' became the Hyderabad Contingent==First World War==*Regimental History: ''The Royal Deccan Horse In The Great War'1903''' became the by Lieutenant-Colonel E. Tennant. For details of this history available online, see [[20th Deccan Horse ]] and [[29th Lancers (Deccan Horse)]] == External links ==*'''1922''' amalgamated to become the Royal [http://www.indiapicks.com/stamps/Forces/1111_Deccan_Horse.htm Deccan Horse ] indiapicks.com*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/29th_Lancers_(Deccan_Horse) 9th Royal Deccan Horse)] Wikipedia == References ==<references /> {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition|count=true*'''1950''' became The Deccan Horse (9 Horse)}}