October 1858; at Gonda on 25 November 1858 where they routed a large force led by the Rajah of Gonda; at Basantpur on 23 December 1858; at Jarwa Pass on 31 March 1859 and at Lalpur in May 1859. Name changes The two regiments of the Hodson's horse went through various changes in their designation before amalgamating into a single unit. 1st Regiment 1857 Hodson's Horse 1858 1st Regiment of Hodson's Horse 1861 9th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry 1886 9th Regiment of Bengal Lancers 1901 9th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse) 1903 9th Hodson's Horse 1921 Amalgamated with the 10th Hodson's Horse to form 9th/10th Hodson's Horse 1922 4th Duke of Cambridge's Own Hodson's Horse 1927 Hodson's Horse (4th Duke of Cambridge's Own) 1947 Post-Partition (To India) - Hodson's Horse 1966 4th Horse 2nd Regiment 1857 Hodson's Horse 1858 2nd Regiment of Hodson's Horse 1861 10th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry 1864 10th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry (Lancers) 1874 10th Regiment of Bengal Lancers 1878 10th Bengal (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers 1901 10th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse) 1903 10th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers (Hodson's Horse) 1921 Amalgamated with the 9th Hodson's Horse to form 9th/10th Hodson's Horse Pre World War The 9th Bengal Cavalry was stationed at Faizabad, when on 8 April 1862, they were sent to Bhutan with the three squadrons were sent to different places - one squadron with the headquarters went to Jalpaigori, the second to Barhampur, and the third to Raniganj. The regiment returned to Benares in April 1863. The regiment moved on to Cawnpore on 29 April 1863, then to Peshawar from January 1864 till November 1866. The regiment then spent four years at Mian Mir and in 1868, were part of a punitive expedition to the Black mountains in Hazara, but they saw no action. They spent another four years at Deoli, with a detachment at Jhansi, then moved to Meerut on 8 March 1878. In 1871, the 10th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry fought in Abyssinia. A squadron of the 10th went to Malta with the 9th regiment in 1878 while the rest of the regiment went to Afghanistan. The 9th travelled from Meerut to Bombay by train in April 1878. They were brought up to strength with a squadron from the 10th Bengal Cavalry, making them around 550 men. From Bombay, they embarked for Malta via Aden and Suez.