
Punjab Cavalry is about a Regiment which was raised in 1849 as part of the Punjab Irregular Frontier Force to police the Indo-Afghan border. After serving in 1857 in Delhi and Lucknow, the unit became a regular cavalry regiment along with the Punjab Frontier Force. It participated in the Second Afghan War (1879-1880). After the frontier operations between 1894-1898, the Regiment never served in the frontier region again, and the Punjab Frontier Force was absorbed into the Indian Army. The Regiment fought in Mesopotamia in the first world war. It was mechanized in 1938. During the second world war, it fought against all the three axis powers, a unique experience in the British Indian army. After Partition it fought in all three Indo-Pak conflicts.
This work investigates the operational history and organizational evolution of the 11 Cavalry (Frontier Force) from its inception in 1849 through the Indo-Pakistani conflicts of 1971. The author, Muhammad Yahya Effendi, utilizes regimental records and historical archives to document the unit's transition from an irregular frontier force to a mechanized cavalry regiment. The text provides a chronological analysis of the unit's participation in major global and regional conflicts, framing its development within the broader context of the British Indian Army and the subsequent formation of the Pakistan Army.
What You Will Find
Historians and military scholars recognize this text as a comprehensive regimental history that provides significant insight into the evolution of cavalry tactics in South Asia. Readers frequently note the detailed archival research that supports the author's account of the unit's unique combat history.
Page Count:
324
Publication Date:
2007-12-19
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0195472039
ISBN-13:
9780195472035
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