Military Service
The British designated the Kaimkhanis as a martial race and recruited them into the British Indian Army, mainly in The Grenadiers infantry regiment and the various Cavalry regiments of the Indian Army. In post-independence India, the Kaimkhanis continued to serve in these regiments, but with reduced numbers. Currently, the 61st Cavalry Regiment of the Indian Armoured Corps, the only purely horse-mounted cavalry regiment in the modern world, has the highest number of Kaimkhani recruits. http://www.kaimkhani.net/ Kaimkhani's First Registered Domain '
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