Seen & Unseen military images of Indian subcontinent of the past

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I request posters to restrict images to those of Military heritage on this thread.

@Icarus .. and any other faujis here.



33rd Punjabi Army( Punjabi Subadar)
circa 1909

A painting by Major AC Lovett, 1862-1919

 

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31st Lancers - Daffadar'

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  • 1803 raised as Bombay Squadron of Cavalry by Colonel John Murray
  • 1803 split into 1st and 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry
  • 1842 became 1st Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry (Lancers)
  • 1890 became the 1st (Duke of Connaught's Own) Bombay Lancers
  • 1903 became the 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
  • 1923 amalgamated with the 32nd Lancers to become 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition becoming 13th Lancers

 

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Sowars of the Bikaner Camel Corps in Chain Armour

 

[Jaanbaz]

My Grandfather was in the Punjab Regiment and fought the Japanese in Burma.

Punjabi Muslims of 33rd Punjabis. Watercolour by Major AC Lovett, 1910.

 

[Zahoor Raja-Jani]

31st Lancers - Daffadar'

• 
  
  
  • 1803 raised as Bombay Squadron of Cavalry by Colonel John Murray
  • 1803 split into 1st and 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry
  • 1842 became 1st Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry (Lancers)
  • 1890 became the 1st (Duke of Connaught's Own) Bombay Lancers
  • 1903 became the 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
  • 1923 amalgamated with the 32nd Lancers to become 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition becoming 13th Lancers

Nice share i served in 6th Lancers (Pakistan armoured Corps)

Risaldar-Major of 13th (Duke of Connaught's) Bengal Lancers, 1897. Painting by CP Chater

Lt.General Hameed Gul (RETD)
19th Lancers, Army Armoured Corps

 

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Jam of Las Bela

Nice share i served in 6th Lancers (Pakistan armoured Corps)

Nice !

A fellow Black beret .

 

[Zahoor Raja-Jani]

Jam of Las Bela

Nice !

A fellow Black beret .

you served in I.A ?

 

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you served in I.A ?

3rd Generation.

 

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Rewa State Elephant Car

PDF team give Professional Tags to military professionals why still you don't have ?

A Non issue really for me

 

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Camel carriage of the Lt Governor of Punjab

 

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The Nawab of Bengal's artillery on its movable platform, drawn up against Clive's army, 23 June 1757.

The begining of Self Propelled Artillery ..perhaps ?

 

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John Players produced a set of Playing cards in 1930s & 40s While digging through an assortment of British cigarette cards of the 1930's and 40's "Military Uniforms of the British Empire Overseas," for inclusion in Player's Cigarettes.

Each card was devoted to an overseas regiment under the crown, and 29 of the 50 cards document Indian and Indian States forces. The front of the card illustrates an officer or man of the regiment, while the back presents roughly 100 words of historical data.

Extracts are reproduced .

Bahawalpur State Forces
Bahawalpur is a Musalman state lying to the south-west of the Punjab with an area of 15,000 square miles and a population of about one million. The Nawab of Bahawalpur maintains as Indian States Forces one troop of Bodyguard Lancers and one-and-a-half battalions of Infantry.

The Major shown in Full Dress in the picture belongs to the 1st Bahawalpur Infantry (Sadiq Battalion). The Bahawalpur troops have more than once been loaned for Imperial purposes, and in the Great War the Sadiq Battalion served in Egypt, Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as on the North-West Frontier of India. The Sadiq Oarh Palace is shown in the background.

Additional inputs :

Bahawalpur Infantry, Delhi, 1903.

During the First World War, Bahawalpur State Forces, served in Egypt, Palestine, East Africa, Mesopotamia, Baluchistan and the North West Frontier of India.

A detachment of 73 men from the Bahawalpur Mounted Rifles was sent to Egypt as reinforcement for the Alwar State Infantry Battalion with whom it served throughout the war; except briefly in 1915, when it served with the Bikaner Camel Corps.

In February 1915, Turkey launched an attack on Suez Canal from Palestine. The detachment of Bahawalpur Mounted Rifles took part in reconnaissance of the Turkish advance and then pursuit of the retreating Turks after their attack was repulsed. It then served on line of communication during the British advance into Palestine, in the Third Battle of Gaza and theBattle of Megiddo, which resulted in Turkish defeat. In Palestine, it operated in the Jordan Valley and took part in the capture of Amman. Meanwhile, the rest of the Camel Corps was dispatched to the Persian Gulf in November 1914 in support of the Indian Expeditionary Force. However, the detachment soon returned, as the camels were no longer required. In February 1915, a detachment of 38 men and 100 camels was sent to Jubaland in British East Africa but returned in November after the death of most of the camels. From May 1917 to January 1918, the Bahawalpur Camel Transport Corps operated with the South Waziristan Field Force against hostile Mahsud tribesmen, while between March and May 1918, it took part in a punitive expedition against rebellious Marriand Khetran tribesmen in Baluchistan.

(More info on request).

 

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Bengal Lancers : Delhi Durbar

 

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Indian cavalry of the 20th Deccan Horse in the Carnoy Valley shortly before their unsuccessful attack at High Wood during the Somme offensive, 14 July 1916.