6th Lancers (India)

6th Lancer, part of the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army, was raised on 1st February 1984 at Nabha, Punjab as the 6th Armoured Regiment at first.

The first CO of the regiment was Lt Col R. S. Deol. The class composition is all classes mixed. Initially, the regiment was equipped with Vijayanta tanks and was immediately immersed into maintaining law and order during Operation Blue Star. The regiment later served in Suratgarh, moving to Samba in 1988 and back to the Punjab in 1992 where it served during Operation Rakshak-II.

In 2005, it was renamed as the 6th Lancers, but is not to be confused with the 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse), a cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army, which was allotted to Pakistan on Partition. The first Colonel of the Regiment was Lt Gen Ajai Singh, PVSM, AVSM (Retd) of the Poona Horse. The regiment celebrated its silver jubilee in 2009.

The cap badge of the regiment closely resembles that of its Pakistani counterpart, comprising a pair of crossed lances with pennons and the numeral 6 placed at the junction of the lances, the whole badge being in white metal. The shoulder title is in brass and consists of a numeral 6 connected to a right-handed armoured fist. The cap bade and shoulder titles are worn by all ranks of the regiment.