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Sowar (Urdu: سوار, also
sawar or
siwar meaning "the one who rides" or "rider", from
Persian sawār, from the
Sasanid Persian Aswār, from the Achaemenid...
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troops led by Rajaram, they had also
ambushed and
killed about 300
Mughal Sowars in the Carnatic. The
Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb then
ordered Ghazi ud-Din...
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consisted of 911,400 infantry, musketeers, and
artillery men, and 185,000
Sowars commanded by
princes and nobles. His
cultural and
political initial steps...
- cavalrymen, or
sowars,
which each had to
maintain for
service in the
imperial army. Thus, all
mansabdars had a zat, or
personal ranking, and a
sowar, or a troop...
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Sowar Muhammad Hussain Janjua NH, (Punjabi, Urdu: سوار محمد حسین جنجوعہ; 18
January 1949 – 10
December 1971) was a ****stani
soldier and the 8th recipient...
- inspectors, one sergeant-major, 10 sergeants, one JCO, five head
sowars, 85
sowars and 98 syces. The
force operates 68
horses under 2
stables (one on...
- surrender. The next morning,
Hodson went to the tomb with one
hundred Indian sowars (cavalrymen) and
demanded the
unconditional surrender of the
Emperor and...
- are company/battalion
appointments held by
senior Havildars. The
ranks of
Sowar, Daffadars, and
Risaldars are
utilized in the
armoured corps. List of serving...
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Silladar means “bearer of arms” in
Persian and was
given to
native cavalrymen (
sowars) of
irregular regiments. A
recruit or "Khudaspa" was
supposed to provide...
- bulk of
Indian cavalry forces from the 16th to 19th century.
Regiments of
sowars designated as
light cavalry were
subsequently widely emplo**** by the British...
