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[[File:Münster-Ehrenfriedhof-Haus Spital- DSC4305.jpg|thumb|Grave of Ranjha Khan of the 36 th Jacob's Horse, died May 21, 1917, buried at the War Cemetery Haus Spital, Münster, Germany. Haus Spital was a POW-camp for nearly 50,000 Allied Prisoners of War.]]<br />
The '''36th Jacob's Horse''' were a unit of cavalry of the [[British Indian Army]].<br />
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== Origins ==<br />
They were raised by Lieut. [[John Jacob (East India Company officer)|John Jacob]] of the Bombay Artillery, as a unit of Irregular Horse, originally in 1839 (reformed 1846) to patrol the area of '[[Scinde]]' (now [[Sindh]] province of [[Pakistan]]) and its restive frontier with [[Balochistan]].<ref>Hugh T Lambrick, ''John Jacob of Jacobabad'', reprint Karachi 1975, of the original ed, pp. 123, 130 and 146</ref> They then served in guarding the marches of Southern Afghanistan during the [[First Anglo-Afghan War]]<ref>John Gaylor, ''Sons of John Company'', 1992, p. 89</ref> and later under [[Charles James Napier|Sir Charles Napier]] in the annexation of Scinde/Sindh.<br />
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Like all regiments of the Indian Army, the 36th Jacob's Horse underwent many name changes in the various reorganisations. They are listed below.<br />
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== History==<br />
*1839/1846 2nd Regiment of Scinde Irregular Horse<br />
*1860 2nd Regiment of Scinde Horse<br />
*1861 9th Regiment of Scinde Silladar Cavalry<br />
*1861 2nd Regiment of Scinde Horse<br />
*1885 6th Bombay Cavalry (Jacob-Ka-Rissallah)<br />
*1888 6th Bombay Cavalry (Jacob's Horse)<br />
*1903 Jacob's Horse<br />
*In 1922 the 36th Jacob's Horse was amalgamated with the 35th Scinde Horse as the [[14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse]].<br />
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==Honours of Battle==<br />
The 2nd Scinde Horse, or Jacob's Horse (14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse) had the following principal battle honours, as a regiment of British Indian cavalry, until the Independence and Partition of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] in 1947:<ref>Gaylor, p.90. Also see Col Mansell, ''Prince of Wales's Own, Scinde Horse, 1839-1922'', London, 1926 and Lt Col KR Brooke, ''The Scinde Horse, 1922-1947'', Haslemare, 1957</ref><br />
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Meeanee, Hyderabad, Cuthchee (Scinde/Sindh campaigns); Mooltan, Goojerat, Punjaub (Punjab, Anglo-Sikh Wars); Central India; Afghanistan 1878-80; Morvai, Cambrai 1917, France and Flanders 1914–18, Megiddo, Sharon, Damascus, Palestine 1918; North West Frontier, India 1914–15, 1918. They did not receive any battle honours of the [[Second World War]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*Kempton, C (1996). ''A Register of Titles of the Units of the H.E.I.C. & Indian Armies 1666–1947.'' Bristol: British Empire & Commonwealth Museum. {{ISBN|978-0-9530174-0-9}}<br />
*Gaylor, J (1992). ''Sons of John Company: The Indian and Pakistan Armies 1903–1991.'' Stroud: Spellmount Publishers Ltd. {{ISBN|978-0-946771-98-1}}<br />
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[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1846]]<br />
[[Category:British Indian Army cavalry regiments]]<br />
[[Category:Honourable East India Company regiments]]<br />
[[Category:1839 establishments in British India]]<br />
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