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By the treaty of 1801 the Nizam of Hyderabad was obliged to maintain a military force called the The '''NizamDeccan Horse's Contingent'''. The subsequent treaty was the successor of 1853 renamed the force 1st and 2nd Cavalry Regiments of the '''[[Hyderabad Contingent''']]. During In 1903 they became the 19th century the names of the units changed from '''1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Regiments Nizam’s Cavalry''' to '''1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Cavalry Hyderabad Contingent[[20th Deccan Horse]]''' and the '''1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th [[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''' 1st & 2nd Regiments became the by Lieutenant-Colonel E. Tennant. For details of this history available online, see [[20th Deccan Horse ]] and [[29th Lancers (Deccan Horse), 3rd Regiment disbanded, 4th Regiment became 30th Lancers (Gordon's Horse)]] == External links ==*'''1922''' 20th & 29th 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)}}