Difference between revisions of "34th Regiment of Punjab Pioneers"

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*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
 
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==Regimental  History==
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==Regimental  history==
''The History of the Sikh Pioneers, 23rd, 32nd, 34th''  by Sir George MacMunn ; assisted by Captain Spurgin. 1936.  Available at the [[British Library]].
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''The History of the Sikh Pioneers, 23rd, 32nd, 34th''  by Sir George MacMunn ; assisted by Captain Spurgin. 1936.  Available online, see below.
  
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20090309055254/http://sikhli.info/index.php/history History of the Sikh Light Infantry] sikhli.info, now an archived website (retrieved 29 April 2014)
 
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20090309055254/http://sikhli.info/index.php/history History of the Sikh Light Infantry] sikhli.info, now an archived website (retrieved 29 April 2014)
 
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20090310000912/http://sikhli.info/index.php/publications Regimental Histories] sikhli.info, now an archived website (retrieved 29 April 2014)
 
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20090310000912/http://sikhli.info/index.php/publications Regimental Histories] sikhli.info, now an archived website (retrieved 29 April 2014)
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===Historical books online===
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*[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.8907/page/n3/mode/2up ''The History of the Sikh Pioneers, (23rd, 32nd, 34th)'']  by Lieut.-General Sir George MacMunn, assisted by Captain Spurgin. [1936] Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository.
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**[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.8907/page/n573/mode/1up Map: An outline of the N.W. Frontier of India] (digital page 573).
  
 
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Latest revision as of 12:05, 19 March 2020

Known as The 34th Punjab Pioneers

Chronology

  • 1887 raised as the 34th (Punjab) Bengal Infantry (Pioneers)
  • 1901 became the 34th Punjab Pioneers
  • 1903 became the 34th Sikh Pioneers
  • 1921 became the 3rd Royal Bn/3rd Sikh Pioneers
  • 1929 became the Corps of Sikh Pioneers
  • 1933 disbanded
  • 1941 re-raised as The Sikh Light Infantry
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition

Regimental history

The History of the Sikh Pioneers, 23rd, 32nd, 34th by Sir George MacMunn ; assisted by Captain Spurgin. 1936. Available online, see below.

External Links

Historical books online