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What are the Broncos

The officers of the Phor Thud are traditionally called Broncos because of their wild nature. A bronco is a young, wild and unbroken horse. It does not know the name of the word fear and it a master of its own destiny.

The origial moniker was given by Lt. Col. A.K. 'Sam' Sharma way back in  mid-1964 when the 4/3rd was in Khreuh, near Srinagar and Col. Dileep Sinh was the commanding officer. He had come across this is Roy Rodgers cowboy comics when in school in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra.