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== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/82ndpunjabis.htm  82th Punjabis] British Empire website<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Punjab_Regiment 1st Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia
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*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/82ndpunjabis.htm  82th Punjabis] British Empire website<br>
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Punjab_Regiment 1st Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia
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*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-08/1314141934 post] mentions the book ''The First Punjabis - History of the First Punjab Regiment 1759 - 1956'' by Major Mohammed Ibrahim Qureshi, published 1958, which is available at the [[British Library]]
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[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]
 
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 07:15, 25 August 2011

Known as 22nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 82th Punjabis in the Indian Army

Chronology

  • 1788 formed as 29th Madras Battalion
  • 1796 became 2nd Battalion, 11th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
  • 1824 became 22nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
  • 1885 became 22nd Regiment of Madras Infantry
  • 1901 became 22nd Madras Infantry
  • 1903 became 82th Punjabis
  • 1922 became 5th/1st Punjab Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition

External Links

  • 82th Punjabis British Empire website
  • 1st Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
  • This India List post mentions the book The First Punjabis - History of the First Punjab Regiment 1759 - 1956 by Major Mohammed Ibrahim Qureshi, published 1958, which is available at the British Library