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Known as '''62nd Punjabis'''
 
== Chronology ==
 
== Chronology ==
 
*'''1759''' formed as 3rd Battalion Coast Sepoys
 
*'''1759''' formed as 3rd Battalion Coast Sepoys

Revision as of 16:16, 1 June 2009

Known as 62nd Punjabis

Chronology

  • 1759 formed as 3rd Battalion Coast Sepoys
  • 1769 became 2nd Carnatic Battalion
  • 1784 became 2nd Madras Battalion
  • 1796 became 1st Battalion, 2nd Madras Native Infantry
  • 1824 became 2nd Madras Native Infantry
  • 1883 became 2nd Madras Native Infantry
  • 1885 became 2nd Madras Infantry
  • 1901 became 2nd Madras Infantry (Punjabis)
  • 1903 became 62nd Punjabis
  • 1922 became 1st/1st Punjab Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition

External Links

62nd Punjabis British Empire website
1st Punjab Regiment Wikipedia