14th Horse (Scinde Horse)

Scinde Horse
Active1838 - present
CountryIndia
Allegiance East India Company (till 1858)
 British Raj (1858–1947)
 India (1947 onwards)
BranchBombay Army
 British Indian Army)
 Indian Army
TypeCavalry
SizeRegiment
Part ofIndian Armoured Corps
Motto(s)Man Dies But The Regiment Lives[1]
ColorsLight Green, Scarlet and Emerald Green
EngagementsSecond Sikh War
Second Afghan War
World War I
World War II
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Commanders
Colonel of
the Regiment
Lt Gen Devendra Sharma[2]
5th Bombay Cavalry (Scinde Horse). ~1895

The Scinde Horse is an armoured regiment in the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army. The regiment, known before independence as the 14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse was a regular cavalry regiment of the Bombay Army, and later the British Indian Army.

Scinde Horse is the only regiment known to honour its enemy till date (the Baluchi warrior on its badge) and has not changed its badge since its raising. At one point, the regiment carried nine Standards while on parade (regiments normally hold one), a unique privilege given to it for its valour. The regiment was the first cavalry unit of the British Indian Army to be mechanized (at Rawalpindi, in 1938). It was also the first cavalry regiment to get the President of India's Standard after independence.

  1. ^ "The equestrian legend". 2014-07-12. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  2. ^ "Gazette of India, No 45" (PDF). 2020-11-07. Retrieved 2021-02-13.