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== Chronology ==
*'''1809''' raised at Farrukhabad and Mainpuri by William Linnaeus Gardner as Gardner’s Horse
*'''1823''' became 2nd (Gardner's) Local Horse
*'''1840''' became 2nd Irregular Cavalry
*'''1861''' became 2nd Regiment of Bengal Cavalry
*'''1890''' became 2nd Regiment of Bengal Lancers
*'''1903''' became 2nd Lancers (Gardner’s Horse)
*'''1921''' absorbed the [[6th Irregular Cavalry|4th Lancers]]
*'''1935''' became the 2nd Royal Lancers (Gardner's Horse)
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
== Battle Honours ==
*[[:Category:1st Burma War|Arracan]]
[http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/Handlist_G.htm Colonel Gardner's papers at Centre of South Asian Studies, Cambridge] www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk<br>
[http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/misc/gardner.html Gardner genealogy] uqconnect.net
[http://web.archive.org/web/20060302032731/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/cav/1903-02.htm 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)] www.regiments.org<br>
[http://web.archive.org/web/20060113051454/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/cav/1921-02.htm 2nd Royal Lancers (Gardner's Horse)] www.regiments.org
