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	'''Risaldar-major''' was originally a cavalry officer rank of the [[British Indian Army]]. During the British Raj, it was the highest rank natives could achieve.		'''Risaldar-major''' was originally a cavalry officer rank of the [[British Indian Army]]. During the British Raj, it was the highest rank natives could achieve.

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	'''Risaldar-major''' was originally a cavalry officer of the [[British Indian Army]], the rank was ~~created~~ in ~~1886~~ - a risaldar-major was the most senior [[risaldar]] (army rank equivalent to a captain) of the [[regiment]].<ref>[http://www.members.dca.net/fbl/glossary.html Glossary of British and Indian army]</ref> The rank was a [[Viceroy's commissioned officer]] in the cavalry.		'''Risaldar-major''' was originally a cavalry officer rank of the [[British Indian Army]]. During the British Raj, it was the highest rank natives could achieve.

			The position was introduced by the [[Honourable East India Company\|HEIC]] in the Native cavalry of the [[Presidency armies]], around the year 1825. In the Native infantry of the [[Madras Army]], the equivalent rank of [[Subedar-Major]] was established (along with Colour-[[havildar]]) already on February 2, 1819. To that date, the [[Bengal Army]] had the position of Subedar-Major introduced already, on October 28, 1817.<ref>{{Cite book \|title=Red Coats to Olive Green: A History of the Indian Army, 1600-1974 \|last=Longer\|first=V.\|date=1974\|publisher=Bombay: Allied Publishers \|isbn=9780856551307 \|page=62}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://www.google.de/books/edition/War_Culture_and_Society_in_Early_Modern/zp0FbTniNaYC?hl=de&gbpv=1&dq=p54&pg=PA54&printsec=frontcover \|title=War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849 \|last=Roy\|first=Kaushik\|date=2011\|publisher=Milton Park, Abingdon-on-Thames (UK) / New York (USA): Routledge\|others=(Google books)\|isbn=9781136790874 }}</ref>

			A risaldar-major was the most senior [[risaldar]] (army rank equivalent to a captain) of the [[regiment]].<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.members.dca.net/fbl/glossary.html \|title=Glossary of British and Indian army \|access-date=24 November 2007 \|archive-date=21 December 2007 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221015935/http://www.members.dca.net/fbl/glossary.html \|url-status=dead }}</ref> The rank was a [[Viceroy's commissioned officer]] in the cavalry. Risaldar-majors and subedar-majors would serve as a representative of their people to British officers, but could also command independent companies resp. troops of irregular regiments.

	Today a risaldar-major is the senior [[junior commissioned officer]] in the [[Indian Army]] and [[Pakistan Army]] armoured corps, and remount and veterinary corps.		Today a risaldar-major is the senior [[junior commissioned officer]] in the [[Indian Army]] and [[Pakistan Army]] armoured corps, and remount and veterinary corps.

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'''Risaldar-major''' was originally a cavalry officer of the [[British Indian Army]], the rank was created in 1886 - a risaldar-major was the most senior [[risaldar]] (army rank equivalent to a captain) of the [[regiment]].<ref>[http://www.members.dca.net/fbl/glossary.html Glossary of British and Indian army]</ref> The rank was a [[Viceroy's commissioned officer]] in the cavalry.

Today a risaldar-major is the senior [[junior commissioned officer]] in the [[Indian Army]] and [[Pakistan Army]] armoured corps, and remount and veterinary corps.

It carries the same responsibilities and insignia as the infantry [[subedar-major]].

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