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*'''1956''' merged with other units to form the Baloch Regiment
 
*'''1956''' merged with other units to form the Baloch Regiment
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Punjab_Regiment 8th Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/91stpunjabis.htm 91st Punjabis] British Empire website
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Punjab_Regiment 8th Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
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[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/93rdburmainf.htmm 93rd Burma Infantry] British Empire website
 
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]
 
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 16:12, 16 March 2010

Known as 33rd Madras Regiment of Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 93rd Burma Infantry Regiment in the Indian Army

Chronology

  • 1800 raised as 1st Battalion, 17th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
  • 1824 became 33rd Madras Regiment of Native Infantry
  • 1885 became 33rd Madras Infantry
  • 1890 became 3rd Burma Infantry
  • 1891 became 33rd Regiment (3rd Burma Battalion) Madras Infantry
  • 1901 became 33rd Burma Infantry
  • 1903 became 93rd Burma Infantry Regiment
  • 1922 became 5th/8th Punjab Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition
  • 1956 merged with other units to form the Baloch Regiment

External Links

8th Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
93rd Burma Infantry British Empire website