21st Horse (Central India Horse)
The Central India Horse was a regular cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army and is presently part of the Indian Army Armoured Corps.
A daffadar of the 1st Central India Horse in 1886
Central India Horse with captured German flag after re-occupation of Benghazi, December 1941.
Indian Pattern Carrier Mk IIA named 'Dhar IV' of the type used by the Central India Horse, North Africa, April 1942.
Painting of Risaldar-Major Baha-Ud-Din Khan, Sirdar Bahadur, 1st Central India Horse by Rudolf Swoboda. Baha-Ud-Din Khan served on the North-West Frontier, in the Indian Rebellion and in the China and Afghan Wars. In 1884, he was appointed Risaldar-Major, the senior Indian officer and adviser to the British commander of his regiment. He was made Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy in 1895.
Indian Army Armoured Corps
The Indian Army Armoured Corps is one of the combat arms of the Indian Army. Tracing its origins from the first regiment formed in 1776, the present corps was formed in 1947 from two-thirds of the personnel and assets of the British Indian Army's Indian Armoured Corps. It currently consists of 67 armoured regiments, including the President's Bodyguard.
9th Hodson's Horse (Bengal Lancers), Indian Army, near Vraignes, France, April 1917.
Indian Armoured Corps in a Sherman III tank in the Middle East, March 1944.
A Sherman tank of the Indian Armoured Corps on the road to Rangoon, Burma Campaign.
Tanks of the Indian Army Armoured Corps and BMP-2 IFVs during a training exercise in 2006.
