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 '''4th Horse (Hodson's Horse)''' is a part of the [[Indian Army Armoured Corps|Armoured Corps]] of the [[Indian Army]], which had its beginnings as an irregular [[cavalry]] regiment during the time of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].
-[[File:British&NativeOfficersHodsonsHorse.jpg|thumb|right|305x305px|''British and Native Officers of Hodson's Horse, 1858'' (Photograph by [[Felix Beato]]){{refn|group=nb|This is a photograph about whose subjects there is disagreement in reputable academic circles. (1) www.britishempire.co.uk states the Europeans to be: Lt. Clifford Henry Mecham (standing); Major Henry Dermot Daly (seated); The Sikh officer standing at the far left with long beard is given as Man Sing; the Sikh seated on floor as Jai Singh.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyuniforms/indiancavalry/hodsons1858b.htm|title= British and Native Officers 1858|date=|access-date=2021-04-28}}</ref> (2) National Army Museum, London, names the European officers as: Lt. Clifford Henry Mecham (standing); Asst. Surgeon Thomas Anderson (seated). (3) The Bridgman Art Library gives the European officer seated as Major William Stephen Raikes Hodson; officer standing: Lt. McDowell and seated on the ground is Sikh officer [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indiancavalry/9thblmansingh.htm Risalder major Man Singh]. The attribution to Hodson is surely incorrect, unfortunately, as there is apparently otherwise only one extant image of this famous officer, the engraving printed as frontispiece to his biography "Rider on a Grey Horse", by B.J. Cork, 1958. There appears to be no disagreement as to the title of the photograph, or its year.}}]]
 [[File:Afghan Sikh Officers of Hodson's Horse, a cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army.jpeg|thumb|right|305x305px|Afghan Sikh Officers of Hodson's Horse during the Indian Rebellion, 1858]]