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42nd Cavalry
42nd Armoured Regiment is an armoured regiment of the Indian Army Armoured Corps of the Indian Army. Formation The current regiment was raised with an "all India class" composition at Babina on 1 January 1981 by Lieutenant Colonel (later Brigadier) Ranjit Talwar (formerly of 18 Cavalry). The first Colonel of Regiment was Lieutenant General G. S. Klair, AVSM. The regiment has served in many different locations, but mostly across Northern India locations like Ambala, Jalandhar, Lucknow, Babina, Barmer and Amritsar. Prior to World War II, regiments of similar names existed. 42nd Cavalry Regiment (1918-1921) During World War I, a regiment named the "42nd Cavalry Regiment" was raised at Baleli by Maj Percy Henry Mitchell Taylor of the 32nd Lancers.Nath (2009), pg 281. The Regiment was raised from a squadron from 10th Lancers (Hodson's Horse) and the 35th Scinde Horse. The ethnic composition was as follows:- * Pathans - half squadron. * Sikhs - one and three quarter squadrons. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Empire
The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was himself employed by the British East India company from the age of seventeen until the British government assumed direct rule over India in 1858." * * and lasted from 1858 to 1947. * * The region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous usage and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom, which were collectively called British India, and areas ruled by indigenous rulers, but under British paramountcy, called the princely states. The region was sometimes called the Indian Empire, though not officially. As ''India'', it was a founding member of the League of Nations, a participating nation in the Summer Olympics in 1900, 1920, 1928, 1932, and 1936, and a founding member of the United Nations in San Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
