Category Archives: 1880

THE EFFENDI GENEALOGY AND SARDAR AYUB KHAN WHO DEFEATED THE BRITISH AT MAIWAND

SARDAR AYUB KHAN , THE VICTOR OF MAIWAND 1880,DEFEATED AT BATTLE OF KANDAHAR IN 1880 IN WHICH IRONICALLY PAVO CAVALRY ALSO PLAYED A ROLE-IRONICALLY LATER SARDAR AYUB KHAN SOUGHT ASYLUM IN BRITISH INDIA AND HIS DESCENDANTS AND RELATIVES JOINED THE … Continue reading

Posted in 11 Cavalry, 12 Div, 1880, 62 Punjab, Indo Pak Wars, MAIWAND, Pakistan Army, PAVO, SARDAR AYUB KHAN

Badge of PAVO CAVALRY AND SHOULDER TITLES 1901

In the centre is the Kandahar Star commemorating General Roberts monumental Kabul to Kandahar march in 1880 and the inscription ” Kabul to Kandahar” ” 1880″.11 PAVO CAVALRY (PRINCE ALBERT VICTORS OWN ) wore this cap badge till 1956.

Posted in 1880, Kandahar Star, PAVO Cavalry, Second Afghan War