The President's Bodyguard is the Household Cavalry regiment of the Indian Army. It is a mounted unit, with both horses and BTR-60 vehicles. The Presidential Palace (Rashtrapati Bhawan) has a unit, known as the Rashtrapati Bhawan Guard Battalion, drawn from the Brigade of the Guards. It was formed in 1773 at Benares as the 'Governer's Troops of Mogals' the President's Body Guard as it was than known, saw active service all over the Indian peninsula as well as in Egypt 1801, Java 1811, and Burma 1824-26 and again in 1886. During the Great War of 1914-18, its personnel served in the Middle East and Mesopotamia. In 1944 after mechanisation the Corpse was trained as paratroopers to form part of the 44 Indian Airborne Division. The PBG today is a small body of men, comprising three officers, 14 JCOs and 161 troopers backed by administrative support personnel: an establishment which has not changed much in the last century. Equipped with armoured cars, its men are also tr...
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