Indian Cavalry
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Category: Regional History or Period History
Forum Name: History of the South Asian subcontinent
Forum Discription: The Indian sub-continent and South Central Asia
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Topic: Indian Cavalry
Posted By: Nick1986
Subject: Indian Cavalry
Date Posted: 30-Oct-2012 at 09:19
 In the early years of the Raj the British recruited India's best horsemen, included the yellow-coated Skinner's Light Horse. The British lancers learned many new sports from the natives, including tent-pegging and pig-sticking: hunting wild boar from horseback ------------- Me Grimlock not nice Dino! Me bash brains! |