Difference between revisions of "27th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry"

From FIBIwiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Insert detail from 87th Punjabis)
(External Links)
 
(7 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 6: Line 6:
 
*'''1885''' became 27th Madras Infantry
 
*'''1885''' became 27th Madras Infantry
 
*'''1903''' became '''87th Punjab Regiment'''
 
*'''1903''' became '''87th Punjab Regiment'''
*'''1922''' became 5th/2nd Punjab Regiment
+
*'''1922''' became 5th/[[2nd Punjab Regiment]]
 
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
 
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
 +
 +
==British Library holdings==
 +
Regimental histories
 +
*''The Golden Galley : the story of the Second Punjab Regiment 1761-1947''  by Geoffrey Betham and H.V.R. Geary.
 +
*''The 2nd Punjab Regiment : a brief outline history of its origin, composition and achievements'', published by the  Regiment c 1943
 +
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Punjab_Regiment 2nd Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/87thpunjabis.htm 87th Punjabis] British Empire website
+
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Punjab_Regiment 2nd Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
 +
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/87thpunjabis.htm 87th Punjabis] British Empire website
 +
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xLrTzZd0j1kC&pg=PA24 Page 24]  ''Valour and Sacrifice: Famous Regiments of the Indian Army'' by Gautam Sharma  Google Books
 +
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/527922.html "Kurdistan 1919: Military Operations in Mesopotamian Kurdistan: South Kurdistan, May–June 1919"] by Harry Fecitt. From Harry's Sideshows kaiserscross.com
 +
*[http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?p=5004  “Yet another Indian First World War memoir found!”]  Article about the ''War Memoirs'' of Captain Limaye, Indian Medical Service, written in Marathi. He was with the 87th Punjabis  1918-1921. He saw action in Mesopotamia and was involved in operations against the Kurdistanis in 1919 and in quelling the Arab Rebellion in 1920.  amitavghosh.com.
 +
:[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/366403 ''Sainyaan'tiila Aat'havand-ii''] by Limaye Go Gan' published 1939. ''Sainyatil Athavani'', or  ''War Memoirs'' of Captain Gopal Gangadhar Limaye.  Marathi language with an English Introduction.  Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.366403 Archive.org version].
 +
 
 +
 
 +
{{#widget:Google PlusOne
 +
|size=small
 +
|count=true
 +
}}
 +
 
  
 
[[Category:Madras Infantry Regiments]]
 
[[Category:Madras Infantry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 12:53, 30 April 2017

Known as 27th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 87th Punjabis in the Indian Army

Chronology

  • 1798 raised as 1st Battalion, 14th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
  • 1824 became 27th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
  • 1885 became 27th Madras Infantry
  • 1903 became 87th Punjab Regiment
  • 1922 became 5th/2nd Punjab Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition

British Library holdings

Regimental histories

  • The Golden Galley : the story of the Second Punjab Regiment 1761-1947 by Geoffrey Betham and H.V.R. Geary.
  • The 2nd Punjab Regiment : a brief outline history of its origin, composition and achievements, published by the Regiment c 1943

External Links

Sainyaan'tiila Aat'havand-ii by Limaye Go Gan' published 1939. Sainyatil Athavani, or War Memoirs of Captain Gopal Gangadhar Limaye. Marathi language with an English Introduction. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Archive.org version.