[5] The regiment was raised on 1 September 1966 by Lieutenant Colonel (later Major General) Narinder Singh at Ahmednagar as the "66th Cavalry".

The Regiment broke new ground by recruiting Ahirs and Marathas, classes which had not previously served in the Armoured Corps.

[6] On 6 November 1979, the Regiment became the youngest to be presented with the "Guidon" by the then President of India Mr Neelam Sanjiva Reddy.

[9] One of the commandants of the regiment, Lt Col Vishwa Nath Sharma, went on to become the Chief of the Army Staff from 1988 to 1990.

The regiment has gained notoriety for adopting the Death's Head emblem to emblazon their tanks, despite official disapproval.