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created 15 October 2002. Corrected and updated
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61st Cavalry
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India
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1953.08.01 |
The New Horsed
Cavalry Regiment
formed by amalgamation of Gwalior Lancers,
Jodhpur/Kachhawa Horse, Mysore Lancers, B Sqn 2nd Patiala Lancers
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recognised
as the official formation date |
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1954.01 |
61st Cavalry |
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by
the 1980s, the regiment remained the only non-mechanised regular
cavalry in the world |
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China 1900
The Great War: Cambrai
1917, France and Flanders 1914-18, Suez
Canal, Egypt 1915-17, Gaza,
Megiddo, Sharon, Damascus, Palestine 1917-18, Mesopotamia
1916-18, NW Frontier
India 1917
Note: honours inherited from predecessor State Forces units.
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1953.11.19 |
Lt. Col. Phulel Singh |
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Full Histories:
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