Lineage
- 1776 – Regiment of Cavalry (Stevenson's), Nawab of Arcot's Army
- 1784 – 3rd Madras Native Cavalry
- 1784 – 1st Madras Native Cavalry
- 1786 – 4th Madras Native Cavalry
- 1788 – 2nd Madras Native Cavalry
- 1819 – 2nd Madras Light Cavalry
- 1886 – 2nd Regiment of Madras Lancers
- 1901 – 2nd Madras Lancers
- 1903 – 27th Light Cavalry
- 1922 – 16th Light Cavalry
- 1947 – Allocated to India at independence and partition, continues in service as 16th Light Cavalry
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Famous quotes containing the word lineage:
“I declare
Two lineages electrify the air,
That will like pennons from a mast
Fly over sleep and life and death
Till sun is powerless to decoy
A single seed above the earth:
Lineage of sorrow: lineage of joy....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)