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created 1 September 2000. Corrected and updated
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7th Light
Cavalry
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India
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1784.05 |
2nd
Madras Native Cavalry
formed from loyal elements of 1st, 2nd, and
4th Cavalry, Nawab of Arcot's Army |
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1786 |
1st
Madras Native Cavalry |
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1788 |
3rd
Madras Native Cavalry |
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1819 |
3rd
Madras Light Cavalry |
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1891 |
3rd
Regiment of Madras Lancers |
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1901 |
3rd
Madras Lancers |
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1903 |
28th
Light Cavalry |
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1922 |
7th
Light Cavalry |
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1947.08 |
allocated
to India at independence and partition; Punjabi Mussalman sqn transferred
to 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
in exchange for its Jat Sqn |
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Mysore,
Seringapatam,
Maheidpoor
The Great War:1
Merv, Persia 1915-19
Afghanistan
19191
The Second World War:
Imphal, Kyaukmaung
Bridgehead, Meiktila, Mandalay, Rangoon Road, Burma
1942-45
Srinagar,
Naushera, Jhangar, Zoji La,
Jammu & Kashmir 1947-48,
Punjab 1965,
Mian
Bazar, East
Pakistan 1971, Punjab 1971
1. awarded 1926.
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Full Histories: |
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History, valour and traditions of the 7th Light
Cavalry, 1784-1984. New Delhi : Lancer International,
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C.L. Proudfoot. We lead : 7th Light Cavalry,
1784-1990. New Delhi : Lancer International, 1991. |
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First World War: |
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J.A.C. Kreyer, and G. Uloth. The 28th Light
Cavalry in Persia and Russian Turkistan, 1915-1920.
Oxford : Slater & Rose, 1926. |
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