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Known as '''22nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry''' in the Madras Army<br>
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
==British Library holdings==
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 ==
*[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
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160810041744/http://defencejournal.com/jun99/1st-punjab.htm 1st Punjab Regiment] defencejournal.com Karachi probably June 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.
== References ==
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