4th Horse (Hodson's Horse)
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4th Horse (Hodson's Horse) is a part of the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army, which had its beginnings as an irregular cavalry regiment during the time of the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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4th Horse (Hodson's Horse) | |
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Active | 1857 – present |
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Type | Cavalry |
Size | Regiment |
Nickname(s) | The Flamingoes |
Motto(s) | तैयार बार तैयार Tyar Bar Tyar (Always and ever ready) |
Anniversaries | Raising Day, 30 November 1857 Cambrai Day Basantar Day |
Battle honours | Delhi, 1857 Lucknow Abyssinia Afghanistan, 1878-80 Suakin, 1885 Chitral Punjab Frontier World War I Givenchy, 1914 Somme, 1916 Bazentin Flers-Courcelette Cambrai, 1917 France and Flanders, 1914–18 Megiddo Sharon Damascus Palestine, 1918 Khan Baghdadi Mesopotamia, 1916–18 Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Phillora Punjab 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Basantar River Punjab 1971 |
Commanders | |
Colonel of the Regiment | Lt Gen AS Bhinder, VSM[1] |
Insignia | |
Abbreviation | 4 H |
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