The Governor General's Bodyguard was a cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army and served as the British Indian equivalent to the Household Cavalry...
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previously the Governor General's Bodyguard of the British Raj. The President's Bodyguard was previously the Governor General's Bodyguard of the Presidency...
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The rest of the colonial Governor General's Bodyguard remained with the Indian Army and was renamed as the President's Bodyguard when India became a republic...
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Uttarakhand. Established as a summer camp for horses in the Governor General's Bodyguard, the Ashiana was built in 1920 as the residence of the unit's...
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regiment was the President's Bodyguard of Pakistan, which was itself descended from the colonial-era Governor General's Bodyguard. This role was discontinued...
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India. 14th was later to be converted for the airborne role. The Governor General's Bodyguard (GGBG) joined the airborne fraternity and was named the 44th...
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The President's Bodyguard formed at independence from members of the Governor General's Bodyguard, itself successor to the Governor's Troop of Moghals...
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Foot and the 1st (Royal) Regiment, as well as troops of the Governor General's bodyguard from Calcutta. He also brought horse artillery from nearby Dum...
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formed at independence from the Governor General's Bodyguard, which was raised in 1773 under the name of Governor's Troop of Mughals at that time. In...
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Armed Forces in 1922. Governor General's Bodyguard Governor's Bodyguard, Madras Governor's Bodyguard, Bombay Governor's Bodyguard, Bengal: Raised in 1912...
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10th Foot 29th Foot 31st Foot 50th Foot 53rd Foot 80th Foot Governor General’s Bodyguard 3rd Bengal Native Cavalry 4th Bengal Native Cavalry 5th Bengal...
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Bingham Arbuthnot (category British East India Company Army generals)
having previously served in the Royal Navy. he commanded the Governor General's Bodyguard, Madras, from 1841 to 1853 and as a lieutenant-colonel (1857)...
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force consisted of 4,000 men including a cavalry force from the Governor General's Bodyguard supported by a flotilla of gunboats. 800 men were European troops...
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of the modern Indian and Pakistani armies are: Governor General's Bodyguard (now President's Bodyguard) Skinner's Horse (now India's 1st Horse (Skinner's...
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could field 34,000 men between them. Governor-General's Bodyguard Governor's Bodyguard, Madras Governor's Bodyguard, Bombay 1st Duke of York's Own Lancers...
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Rifles Of Canada, (1901) The Montreal Highland Cadets, (1901) The Governor General's Bodyguard, (1902) The Duke of Cornwall’s Own Rifles, (1903) The Book Of...
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9th Foot 29th Foot 31st Foot 50th Foot 62nd Foot 80th Foot The Governor General's Bodyguard 4th Bengal Light Cavalry 5th Bengal Light Cavalry 8th Bengal...
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The Governor's Bodyguard were the household cavalry troop of the Governor of Ceylon. The troop's origins lay in the practice of the British Military Governors...
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1947, the only mounted cavalry remaining in service were the Governor General's Bodyguard and several units that had formed part of the Imperial Service...
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Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (category Governors of East Pakistan)
and Yaqub was appointed as commandant of the Governor-General's bodyguard for the first governor-general which he led until 1948. In the period 1948–49...
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Own Light Dragoons 9th Foot 31st Foot 50th Foot 80th Foot The Governor General’s Bodyguard 4th Bengal Light Cavalry 5th Bengal Light Cavalry Skinner’s Horse...
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S.I., C.B., B.S.C. (a Rattray of Rannagulzion) commanded the Governor-General's bodyguard cavalry and is well known for having raised a new police battalion...
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Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings (category Governors and governors-general of Malta)
and no doubt by their wives and children, by 150 sepoys of the Governor-General's Bodyguard, and by a battalion from the Bengal Army. The trip extended to...
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casualties. 16th The Queen's Lancers 31st Foot 50th Foot 53rd Foot Governor General’s Bodyguard 1st Bengal Native Cavalry 3rd Bengal Native Cavalry 5th Bengal...
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District commanded by Major General Claude John Eyre Auchinleck Rampur Lancers (Territorial), Rampur Governor General's Bodyguard, Dehradun Datia 1st Govind...
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James Caulfeild (East India Company officer) (category British East India Company Army generals)
September 1807 to 21 January 1812. Back in India he served with the Governor General's Bodyguard 1812–14. In 1817-18 he served with the 5th Native Cavalry in...
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Neville Bowles Chamberlain (category British Indian Army generals)
again at Ali Masjid in November 1842. He became attached to the Governor-General's Bodyguard in January 1843 and took part in the Battle of Maharajpur in...
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Bengal Native Infantry Muttra: 3rd Dragoon Guards Dehra Dun: Governor General’s Bodyguard 1st & 2nd Battalions 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Goorkha Regiment...
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Numerus Batavorum (redirect from Batavian bodyguard)
corporis custodes, Germani corpore custodes, Imperial German Bodyguard or Germanic bodyguard, was a personal, imperial guards unit for the Roman emperors...
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September. At Madras George Herbart Gall, the commander of the Governor General's bodyguard, presented Jameson with a vase worth £150 on behalf of his fellow...
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