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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/33rdpunjabis.htm 33rd Punjabis] British Empire website
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/33rdpunjabis.htm 33rd Punjabis] British Empire website
*[http://www.defencejournal.com/may99/16th-punjab.htm 16th Punjab Regiment] from John Gaylor's book ''Sons Of John Company''. Defence Journal Karachi May 1999
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170725125910/http://www.defencejournal.com:80/may99/16th-punjab.htm 16th Punjab Regiment], an extract from John Gaylor's book ''Sons of John Company''. ''Defence Journal'' Karachi May 1999, now archived.
*[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.
*[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.
*WW2Talk Forum thread  3 Bn 16th Punjab Regt about the regiment at the Fall of Singapore in 1942<ref>WW2Talk Forum thread [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/49802-3-bn-16th-punjab-regt/ 3 Bn 16th Punjab Regt]</ref>
*WW2Talk Forum thread  3 Bn 16th Punjab Regt about the regiment at the Fall of Singapore in 1942<ref>WW2Talk Forum thread [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/49802-3-bn-16th-punjab-regt/ 3 Bn 16th Punjab Regt]</ref>

Latest revision as of 07:59, 26 January 2018

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

Regimental history

  • Solah Punjab: The History of the 16th Punjab Regiment. Edited by J. P. Lawford and W. E. Catto 1967. Available at the British Library

External Links

References

  1. WW2Talk Forum thread 3 Bn 16th Punjab Regt