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Havildar or havaldar (Hindustani: or (Devanagari), (Perso-Arabic)) is a rank in the Indian and Pakistani armies, equivalent to sergeant. It is not used in cavalry and armoured units, where the equivalent is daffadar.

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It is catalogued under topics including Hindi words and phrases, Military of the Mughal Empire and Military ranks of British India.

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Military rank.name
Havildar
Military rank.caption
Indian and Pakistani rank insignia
Military rank.service branch
Army
Military rank.rank group
Enlisted rank
Military rank.higher rank
Naib subedar
Military rank.lower rank
Naik
Military rank.equivalents
SergeantDaffadar

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Havildar or havaldar (Hindustani: or (Devanagari), (Perso-Arabic)) is a rank in the Indian and Pakistani armies, equivalent to sergeant. It is not used in cavalry and armoured units, where the equivalent is daffadar.

Like a British sergeant, a havildar wears three rank chevrons.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “havaldar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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