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#REDIRECT Known as '''32nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry''' in the Madras Army<br>Known as '''92nd Punjabis''' in the Indian Army==Chronology==*'''1800''' raised as 2nd Battalion, 16th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry*'''1824''' became '''32nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry'''*'''1885''' became 32nd Madras Infantry*'''1890''' became 4th Burma Infantry*'''1891''' became 32nd Regiment (4th Burma Battalion) Madras Infantry*'''1901''' became 32nd Burma Infantry*'''1903''' became '''92nd Punjab (Light Infantry) Regiment'''*'''1922''' became 4th/[[8th Punjab Regiment]] ('''Prince of Wales Own''')*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition*'''1956''' merged with other units to form the Baloch Regiment ('''4 Baloch Regiment''') ==Regimental history==*''Unfaded Glory : the 8th Punjab Regiment 1798-1956'' by Major Rifat Nadeem Ahmad & Major General Rafiuddin Ahmed. Published 2006 by Naval & Military Press, UK. Available at Imperial War Museums, catalogue number LBY 07 / 2537:Some brief details of WW2 deployments from this book are provided in a WW2Talk Forum post.<ref>RobG64. [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/8th-punjab-regiment-regimental-history.83313/ 8th Punjab Regiment Regimental History] ''WW2Talk Forum'' 19 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.</ref> == External links ==*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Punjab_Regiment 8th Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia<br>*[92nd https://web.archive.org/web/20160811005455/http://defencejournal.com/2000/jan/8th-punjab.htm 8th Punjab Regiment]from John Gaylor's book ''Sons Of John Company''. ''Defence Journal'' Karachi January 2000, now archived. *[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/92ndpunjabis.htm 92nd Punjabis] British Empire website*[https://opusculum.wordpress.com/2017/02/22/captain-aubrey-reilly/ Captain Aubrey Reilly, 69th Punjabis]killed in action at Sannaiyat in Mesopotamia on the 22nd February 1917 while attached to the 92nd Punjabis. Opusculum website.==References==<references/> {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}
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[[Category:Madras Infantry Regiments]]
