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Presidency of Madras |
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| 1787: |
5th Regiment of
Madras Native Cavalry
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| 1788: |
1st Regiment of
Madras Native Cavalry
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| 1819: |
1st Regiment of
Madras Light Cavalry
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Hyderabad |
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| 1826: |
│
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4th Regiment
Nizam’s Cavalry
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| 1854: |
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4th Cavalry
Hyderabad Contingent
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| 1886: |
1st Regiment of
Madras Lancers
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| 1890: |
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4th Lancers
Hyderabad Contingent
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| 1901: |
1st Madras Lancers
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│
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Renumbering into the Indian Army |
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| 1903: |
26th Light Cavalry
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30th Lancers
(Gordon’s Horse)
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| 1906: |
26th Prince of Wales’s Own
Light Cavalry
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│
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| 1910: |
26th King George’s Own
Light Cavalry |
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| 1922: |
26th/30th King George’s Own Light Cavalry
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| 1922: |
8th King George’s Own Light Cavalry |
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| 1937: |
8th King George V’s Own Light Cavalry
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Union of India |
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| 1947: |
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Republic of India |
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| 1950: |
8th Light Cavalry |
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