Silladar Cavalry

Silladar Cavalry

The Silladar Cavalry was a cavalry force of some moment in Indian history traditionally comprised of individuals who provide their own arms, as opposed to having them provided for them by any local or central group or command.

The system was extended to the regular cavalry of the Bengal and Bombay Armies in 1861. [ [http://www.bl.uk/collections/oiocfamilyhistory/familyglossarys.html British Library] ]

Units of note

* 1861 9th Regiment of Scinde Silladar Cavalry
* 1861 3rd Regiment of Bombay Silladar Light Cavalry

Further reading

* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/armour.htm. For a modern context]
*Peers, Douglas M.; "Those Noble Exemplars of the True Military Tradition: Constructions of the Indian Army in the Mid-Victorian Press", in "Modern Asian Studies", Vol. 31, No. 1 (Feb., 1997), pp. 109-142.

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