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== Battle Honours == | == Battle Honours == | ||
*[[Battle of Sholingur|Sholingur]] 1781 | *[[Battle of Sholingur|Sholingur]] 1781 | ||
| − | *Carnatic | + | *[[2nd Mysore War|Carnatic]] 1780-84 |
*[[1st Burma War|Ava]] 1823-26 | *[[1st Burma War|Ava]] 1823-26 | ||
*[[3rd Burma War|Burma 1885-87]] | *[[3rd Burma War|Burma 1885-87]] | ||
Revision as of 12:30, 26 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
Battle Honours
- Sholingur 1781
- Carnatic 1780-84
- Ava 1823-26
- Burma 1885-87
- Afghanistan 1919
External Links
2nd Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
72nd Punjabis British Empire website
