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3rd Bengal Light Cavalry
Flag of the East India Company
Active1797–1857
CountryBritish India
AllegianceEast India Company
BranchBengal Army
TypeCavalry
RoleLight cavalry
SizeRegiment
Part ofMeerut Division
Garrison/HQMeerut
Distinguishing coloursOrange facings
EngagementsSecond Anglo-Maratha War
First Anglo-Afghan War
First Anglo-Sikh War
Indian rebellion of 1857
Battle honoursDelhi 1803
Leswarree
Deig
Bhurtpore
Affghanistan 1839
Ghuznee 1839
Aliwal
Sobraon

The 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry, also known as the 3rd Bengal Native Cavalry, was a locally recruited regiment of the East India Company's Bengal Army. Raised in 1797, the regiment took part in conflicts throughout British India, serving with distinction in the Second Anglo-Maratha War, the First Anglo-Afghan War and the First Anglo-Sikh War, earning various battle honours.

In April 1857, 85 men of the regiment refused to accept cartridges for their carbines and were tried by court-martial, convicted, and sentenced to up to 10 years' hard labour. After the men were imprisoned, the regiment freed their jailed comrades and headed to Delhi, where their arrival led to the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny. Following the events of the mutiny, all the Bengal Light Cavalry regiments were disbanded.

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