Sowar
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Sowar (Template:Langx, also sawar or siwar meaning "the one who rides" or "rider", from Persian Script error: No such module "Lang"., from the Sasanid Persian Aswār, from the Achaemenid Persian Asabāra)[1] was originally a rank during the Mughal Empire. Later, during the British Raj, it was the name in Anglo-Indian usage for a horse-soldier belonging to the cavalry troops of the native armies of British India and the feudal states. It is also used more specifically of a mounted orderly, escort or guard. It was also the rank held by ordinary cavalry troopers, equivalent to sepoy in the infantry — this rank has been inherited by the modern armies of India and Pakistan. The rank higher is Acting Lance Daffadar.
History
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Sowar has been used as the name of a line of wrist-watches by the Swiss West End Watch Co.
See also
References
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