James Skinner was an absolute legend.
 
He overcame the stuffy racial attitudes of the time to form and lead his own regiment in the East India Company army.
 
In fact he is still considered by many to be the father of the Indian cavalry.
 
The regiment he raised still exists in the modern Indian army…stay tuned till the end to find out more about their operational history up until the present day.

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