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Known as '''33rd Punjabis'''
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[[Image:33rd_Punjabis.jpg|right|thumb|350px|'33rd Punjabi's' from a painting by Major A. C. Lovett]]
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== Chronology ==
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*'''1857''' raised as Allahabad Levy
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*'''1861''' became 33rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
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*'''1864''' became 33rd (Allahabad) Bengal Native Infantry
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*'''1885''' became 33rd Bengal Infantry
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*'''1890''' became 33rd (Punjabi Mahomedan) Bengal Infantry
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*'''1901''' became 33rd Punjab Infantry
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*'''1903''' became '''33rd Punjabis'''
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*'''1922''' became 3rd/[[16th Punjab Regiment]]
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*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition
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==Regimental history==
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*''Solah Punjab: The History of the 16th Punjab Regiment''. Edited by  J. P. Lawford and  W. E. Catto 1967. Available at the [[British Library]]
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== External Links ==
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*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/33rdpunjabis.htm 33rd Punjabis] British Empire website
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170725125910/http://www.defencejournal.com:80/may99/16th-punjab.htm 16th Punjab Regiment], an extract from John Gaylor's book ''Sons of John Company''. ''Defence Journal'' Karachi May 1999, now archived.
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140502032950/http://orbat.com/site/history/open1/pakistan_punjabregt.html  Pakistan: The Punjab Regiment to 1957] by Babur Mahmood September 1, 2002
 orbat.com, now archived.
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*WW2Talk Forum thread  3 Bn 16th Punjab Regt about the regiment at the Fall of Singapore in 1942<ref>WW2Talk Forum thread [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/49802-3-bn-16th-punjab-regt/ 3 Bn 16th Punjab Regt]</ref>
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*Article [http://www.cofepow.org.uk/pages/armedforces_5th%20bn_punjab_regt.htm The 5th Battalion (Punjab Regiment) in Malaya] about the  5th/14th P.R. also mentions the 3rd/16th Punjab Regiment cofepow.org.uk
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== References ==
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[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]
 
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Latest revision as of 07:59, 26 January 2018

Known as 33rd Punjabis

'33rd Punjabi's' from a painting by Major A. C. Lovett

Chronology

  • 1857 raised as Allahabad Levy
  • 1861 became 33rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1864 became 33rd (Allahabad) Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1885 became 33rd Bengal Infantry
  • 1890 became 33rd (Punjabi Mahomedan) Bengal Infantry
  • 1901 became 33rd Punjab Infantry
  • 1903 became 33rd Punjabis
  • 1922 became 3rd/16th Punjab Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition

Regimental history

  • Solah Punjab: The History of the 16th Punjab Regiment. Edited by J. P. Lawford and W. E. Catto 1967. Available at the British Library

External Links

References

  1. ↑ WW2Talk Forum thread 3 Bn 16th Punjab Regt


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