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They were formed in 1885 under the pretext of supporting India against the threat of Russian invasion. The IST were supplied and largely trained by officers of the Indian Army and were expanded and elected to fight alongside the [[British Army]] or the Indian Army, during the two world wars. In 1920, they were renamed the [[Indian States Forces]].
==First World War==
=== Jodhpur Lancers===
The Jodhpur Lancers were supposedly the most aristocratic unit in India that went to the Great War. Sir Pertab, the 70-year-old Maharaja Regent of Jodhpur, himself accompanied the unit to France. Jodhpur Lancers fought at France and Flanders, Palestine and Syria during the whole of the War from Aug 1914 to Feb 1920. In the Jordan valley, at Haifa, and at Aleppo, the Jodhpur Lancers acquitted themselves gloriously.
<ref>Abstract of a paper A Rajput in France and Palestine: With the Jodhpur Lancers
in the Great War by MS Jodha presented at the [https://www.dropbox.com/s/43nlrwseapionr1/India%20and%20the%20Great%20War%20Conference%20Schedule.pdf ''India and the Great War'' Conference] at The United Service Institution of India New Delhi: 5-7 March 2014</ref>
===Kashmir Rifles===
2nd Battalion Kashmir Rifles was sent to East Africa, see [[Kashmir Infantry]]
== External Links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Service_Troops Imperial Service Troops] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regiments_of_the_Indian_Army_(1903)#Imperial_Service_Troops Imperial Service Troops 1903] Wikipedia<br>*[http://webstats.ordersofbattle.darkscape.net/site/cimh/british%20india/Imperial%20Service%20Troops.pdf Imperial Service Troops 1888-1918] webstats.ordersofbattle.darkscape.net*[http://stampomania.blogspot.com.au/2010/10/bhavnagar-imperial-service-lancers-wwi.html Bhavnagar Imperial Service Lancers – WWI] stampomania.blogspot.com. This regiment was stationed in Suez Canal, Sinai, Palestine and Syria.===Historical books online===*[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=ior/l/mil/17/6/78 ''History of the 15th Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade during the Great War 1914-1918''] London: HMSO, 1920. Includes maps IOR/L/MIL/17/6/78 Digitised Manuscripts from the India Office Records, British Library**The Brigade seems to have spent the War in Egypt and Palestine. The constituent regiments include the:Kathiawar Signal Troop:Hyderabad Lancers:Mysore Lancers including two troops Bhavnagar Lancers and one troop Kashmir Lancers:Patiala Lancers:Jodhpur Lancers == References ==<references /> {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}
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