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Known as '''12th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry''' in the Madras Army
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Known as '''12th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry''' in the Madras Army<br>
 
Known as '''72nd Punjabis''' in the Indian Army
 
Known as '''72nd Punjabis''' in the Indian Army
 
==Chronology==
 
==Chronology==

Revision as of 15:17, 15 March 2010

Known as 12th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 72nd Punjabis in the Indian Army

Chronology

  • 1759 raised as 16th Battalion of Coast Sepoys
  • 1769 became 13th Carnatic Battalion
  • 1770 became 12th Carnatic Battalion
  • 1784 became 12th Madras Battalion
  • 1796 became 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
  • 1824 became 12th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
  • 1890 became 2nd Burma Infantry
  • 1891 became 12th Regiment (2nd Burma Battalion) Madras Infantry
  • 1901 became 12th Burma Infantry
  • 1903 became 72nd Punjab Regiment
  • 1922 became 3rd/2nd Punjab Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition

External Links

2nd Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
72nd Punjabis British Empire website