2nd Lancers (Gardner’s Horse)

Title: 2nd Lancers (Gardner’s Horse)
Date of Issue: 2 December 2009
Country: India
Denominations: 500p

A new commemorative stamp issued by India post to commemorate the centenary of 2nd Lancers, a regiment of British Indian Army established in 1809.
The 2nd Lancers (Gardner’s Horse) was a cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army raised in 1809. They served in the Nepal War and the First World War. During the reconstruction of the British Indian Army in 1922 they were amalgamated with the 4th Cavalry.

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