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'''Known as 59th Scinde Rifles'''
'''Known as 59th Scinde Rifles'''
== Chronology ==
== Chronology ==
*'''1843''' raised as Scinde Camel Corps
*'''1843''' raised in Karachi by Lt Robert FitzGerald as Scinde Camel Corps
*'''1851''' retitled as the Scinde Rifle Corps, Punjab Irregular Force
*'''1851''' retitled as the Scinde Rifle Corps, Punjab Irregular Force
*'''1865''' became 6th Punjab Infantry Regiment
*'''1865''' became 6th Punjab Infantry Regiment

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Known as 59th Scinde Rifles

Chronology

  • 1843 raised in Karachi by Lt Robert FitzGerald as Scinde Camel Corps
  • 1851 retitled as the Scinde Rifle Corps, Punjab Irregular Force
  • 1865 became 6th Punjab Infantry Regiment
  • 1903 became 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)
  • 1921 became 59th Royal Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)
  • 1922 became 6th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles
  • 1945 became 1st Battalion The Frontier Force Rifles
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on partition
  • 1957 became 1st battalion Frontier Force Regiment

External Links

13th Frontier Force Rifles Wikipedia
Frontier Force Regiment Wikipedia