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Punjab Regiment may refer to the following existing units:
- Punjab Regiment (India)
The Punjab Regiment of India was formed from the 2nd Punjab Regiment of theBritish Indian Army in 1947Prior to independence and partition there were a number of "Punjab regiments" in its fold these were amalgamated to form two regiments: the 1st Punjab Regiment, and the 2nd...
- Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)
The Punjab Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Pakistan Army.The Army‘s most senior fighting arm is the Punjab Regiment. In fact, two battalions of the Punjab Regiment are the oldest in the South Asia, with foundation dates as early as 1759.- History :...
From 1922 to 1947, the British Indian Army included 6 numbered Punjab Regiments:
- 1st Punjab Regiment
The 1st Punjab Regiment was a British Indian Army regiment from 1922 to the partition of India in 1947. Thereafter it was a regiment of the Pakistan Army until 1956 when it was merged with three other Punjab Regiments to form the Punjab Regiment....
- 2nd Punjab Regiment
The 2nd Punjab Regiment was a British Indian Army regiment from 1922 to the partition of India in 1947.The regiment was formed by the amalgamation of other regiments:*1st Battalion, from the 67th Punjabis, formerly the 7th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry...
- 8th Punjab Regiment
The 8th Punjab Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1923 to 1946 and the Partition of India.The 8th Punjab Regiment had its origins in the Madras Army; 6 regiments were renamed and reformed as battalions of the new 8th Punjab Regiment. By the end of the Second World War the...
- 14th Punjab Regiment
The 14th Punjab Regiment was a regular infantry regiment of man British Indian Army, it was formed in 1922 by the amalgamations of the 19th, 20th, 22nd and 24th Punjabis, the 40th Pathans and the 21st Punjabis...
- 15th Punjab Regiment
The 15th Punjab Regiment was a infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1922, after the reforms of the Indian Army post World War I...
- 16th Punjab Regiment
The 16th Punjab Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army and then later of the Pakistan Army. It s lineage goes back to the 3rd Battalion of Coast Sepoys formed in 1759.-History:It was formed on March 1, 1922 as:...
From 1903 to 1922, the the British Indian Army included 28 numbered Punjabi Regiments:
- 19th Punjabis
The 19th Punjabis were an infantry regiment in the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1857, when they were formed for men of the 2nd and 7th Punjab Police Battalions who remained loyal to the British during the Indian Mutiny. The men became the 7th Regiment of Punjab Infantry...
- 20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Punjabis - (20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis)
The 20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry was a regiment of the British Indian Army.-1857-1878:...
in 1904)
- 21st Punjabis
The 21st Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to the Indian Mutiny in 1857, when men who remained loyal to the British from the 3rd and 6th Punjab Infantry were formed into the 9th Regiment of Punjab Infantry...
- 22nd Punjabis
The 22nd Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to the Indian Mutiny in 1857, when the 11th Regiment of Punjab Infantry was formed from men of the 1st Sikh Infantry and 3rd Punjab Police Battalion, who remained loyal to the British.The regiment...
- 24th Punjabis
The 24th Punjabis were a infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1857, when they were the 16th Punjab Infantry.The regiment took part in the Siege of Malakand and the Battle of Kandahar during the Second Afghan War...
- 25th Punjabis
The 25th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1857 when they were called the 17th Punjab Infantry.The regiment took part in the Chitral Expedition, the Battle of Ahmed Khel and the Battle of Kandahar during the Second Afghan War...
- 26th Punjabis
The 26th Punjabis were an infantry regiment in the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1857, when they were called the 18th Punjab Infantry.The regiment took part in the Second Afghan War and the Third Burmese War...
- 27th Punjabis
The 27th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1857, when they were called the 19th Punjab Infantry.The regiment took part in the Second Opium War, the Second Afghan War when they were part of the 3rd Brigade in the Battle of Ali Masjid...
- 28th Punjabis
The 28th Punjabis were an infantry regiment in the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1857, when they were called the 20th Punjab Infantry.The regiment took part in the Battle of Charasiah in the Second Afghan WarAfter World War I the Indian government reformed the army, moving...
- 29th Punjabis
The 29th Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It could trace its origins to the 29th Bengal Native Infantry formed in 1857...
- 30th Punjabis
The 30th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1857, when they were raised as the 22nd Punjab Infantry.The regiment took part in the Second Afghan War in 1878, and the Chitral Expedition in 1895...
- 31st Punjabis
The 31st Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1857, when they were raised as the 23rd Punjab Infantry. The regiment took part in the Second Afghan War , the Siege of Malakand and World War I...
- 33rd Punjabis
The 33rd Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1857, when they were raised as the Allahabad Levy.The regiment took part in the Second Burmese War and World War I...
- 46th Punjabis
The 46th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1900, when they were raised as the 46th Bengal Infantry....
- 62nd Punjabis
The 62nd Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1759, when they were raised as the 3rd Battalion Coast Sepoys....
- 66th Punjabis
The 66th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1759, when they were raised as the 7th Battalion Coast Sepoys....
- 67th Punjabis
The 67th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1759, when they were raised as the 8th Battalion Coast Sepoys....
- 69th Punjabis
The 69th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1759, when they were raised as the 10th Battalion Coast Sepoys....
- 72nd Punjabis
The 72nd Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1759, when they were raised as the 16th Battalion Coast Sepoys....
- 74th Punjabis
The 74th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1776, when they were raised as the 14th Carnatic Battalion....
- 76th Punjabis
The 76th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1776, when they were raised as the 16th Carnatic Battalion....
- 82nd Punjabis
The 82nd Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1788, when they were raised as the 29th Madras Battalion....
- 84th Punjabis
The 84th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1794, when they were raised as the 34th Madras Battalion....
- 87th Punjabis
The 87th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1798, when they were raised as the 1st Battalion, 14th Madras Native Infantry....
- 89th Punjabis
The 89th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1798, when they were raised as the 1st Battalion, 15th Madras Native Infantry....
- 90th Punjabis
The 90th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1798, when they were raised as the 2nd Battalion, 15th Madras Native Infantry....
- 91st Punjabis (Light Infantry)
- 92nd Punjabis
The 92nd Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1800, when they were raised as the 2nd Battalion, 16th Madras Native Infantry....