| 4th Horse (Hodson's Horse) | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1857 – present |
| Country |  British India India |
| Branch |  British Indian Army&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_Indian_Army.svg){kind=small} Indian Army |
| Type | Cavalry |
| Size | Regiment |
| Nickname(s) | The Flamingoes |
| Motto(s) | तैयार बार तैयार Tyar Bar Tyar (Always and ever ready) |
| Anniversaries | Raising Day, 30 November 1857 Cambrai Day Basantar Day |
| Battle honours | Delhi, 1857 Lucknow Abyssinia Afghanistan, 1878-80 Suakin, 1885 Chitral Punjab Frontier World War I Givenchy, 1914 Somme, 1916 Bazentin Flers-Courcelette Cambrai, 1917 France and Flanders, 1914–18 Megiddo Sharon Damascus Palestine, 1918 Khan Baghdadi Mesopotamia, 1916–18 Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Phillora Punjab 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Basantar River Punjab 1971 |
| Commanders | |
| Colonel of the Regiment | Lt Gen AS Bhinder, VSM[1] |
| Insignia | |
| Abbreviation | 4 H |
4th Horse (Hodson's Horse) is a part of the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army, which had its beginnings as an irregular cavalry regiment during the time of the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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- ^ "Gazette of India No 45" (PDF). 7 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "British and Native Officers 1858". Retrieved 28 April 2021.
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