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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]]
 
== Chronology ==
 
== Chronology ==
 
*'''1857''' raised as Allahabad Levy
 
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== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/33rdpunjabis.htm 33rd Punjabis] Wikipedia
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[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/33rdpunjabis.htm 33rd Punjabis] British Empire website
  
 
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]
 
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 09:32, 6 May 2009

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

External Links

33rd Punjabis British Empire website