[8] In April 1958, the Humber squadron proceeded to Khanabal in Kashmir for a tour of duty till July 1959.

[7] This ‘5 Independent Squadron’ of 63rd Cavalry served in 1960-61 in the Congo Crisis as part of 99th Indian Infantry Brigade under the ONUC peacekeeping mission of the United Nations.

[7][12] The tendency of 63rd Cavalry's tanks to appear from any of the four cardinal directions led to the enemy giving it the epithet of the "ghost" regiment.

[13][14] Bogra was an important road and rail hub in the northwest of erstwhile East Pakistan defended by troops of Pakistani 16 Infantry Division.

A squadron of 63rd Cavalry supported the successful assault of the 2nd battalion, 5th Gorkha Rifles in the cantonment area on 14 and 15 December 1971, for which the regiment was awarded the battle honour "Bogra" and the theatre honour "East Pakistan 1971".

[19] The regiment celebrated its Silver Jubilee on 2 January 1982 on which occasion it was presented with a guidon by the then President of India, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy.