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Known as '''6th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry''' in the Madras Army<br>
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Known as '''66th Punjabis''' in the Indian Army
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== Chronology ==
*'''1759''' formed as 7th Battalion Coast Sepoys
*'''1769''' became 7th Carnatic Battalion
*'''1770''' became 6th Carnatic Battalion
*'''1784''' became 6th Madras Battalion
*'''1796''' became 1st Battalion, 6th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
*'''1824''' became '''6th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry'''
*'''1885''' became 6th Regiment of Madras Infantry
*'''1901''' became 6th Madras Infantry 
*'''1903''' became '''66th Punjabis'''
*'''1922''' became 2nd/[[1st Punjab Regiment]]
*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition


==British Library holdings==
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Regimental history:  ''The First Punjabis - History of the First Punjab Regiment 1759 - 1956'' by Major Mohammed Ibrahim Qureshi, published 1958.<ref> For more details see Chidley, Ann
[https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/1316525/ The First Punjab Regiment] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 23 August 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2019.</ref>


== External Links ==
*Alphabetical index
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20060113010844/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/inf/1903-066.htm 66th Punjabis] regiments.org<br>
*Google maps - incompatible with 1.18
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/66thpunjabis.htm  66th Punjabis] British Empire website<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Punjab_Regiment 1st Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160810041744/http://defencejournal.com/jun99/1st-punjab.htm  1st Punjab Regiment] defencejournal.com Karachi probably June 1999,  now an archived webpage
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140502032950/http://orbat.com/site/history/open1/pakistan_punjabregt.html  Pakistan: The Punjab Regiment to 1957] by Babur Mahmood September 1, 2002  orbat.com, now archived.
*Imperial War Museums [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060042407 catalogue entry] for a 1945 film "2nd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment Lead The Way To Singapore"
*[http://www.scotsatwar.org.uk/veteransreminiscences/jwarthur.htm Major JW Arthur MC of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment, WW2] From his diaries, edited by his son scotsatwar.org.uk
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZG3sR-XN6kUC&pg=PA21 Page 21]  ''‪Memoirs of the Four-Foot Colonel'' by ‪Smith Dun. Google Books.  The 2nd Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment was based at [[Razmak]] in the late  1930s and then moved to [[Multan]], where in 1939 it was assigned to internal security.
 
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