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*4th Battalion – [[Bhopal Battalion|9th Bhopal Infantry]]
*10th (Training) Battalion – [[46th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|46th Punjabis]].
At Independence in 1947 the 16th Punjab Regiment was allocated to Pakistan, and in 1956 amalgamated into the Punjab Regiment, (along with the [[1st Punjab Regiment|1st]], [[14th Punjab Regiment|14th]] and [[15th Punjab Regiment]]s) with Regimental Centre now at Mardan.<ref> Wikipedia article</ref>
==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]]
*[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.
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20140816000022/http://www.abc.net.au:80/4corners/specials/noprisoners/viewpoints/elphick.htm"Cover-ups and the Singapore Traitor Affair"] by Peter Elphick 28 November 2001, abc.net.au, now archived. Presented at the Fall of Singapore 60th Anniversary Conference National University of Singapore, 16-17 February 2002. Mentions one time member of the 16th Punjab Regiment, Captain Patrick Vaughan Heenan executed on Friday 13th February 1942, two days before Singapore surrendered, for being a traitor.
*[http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30092705 Photograph:Bush Jacket of a , Major, 6/16th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army] WW2 Imperial War Museums*[https://www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk/Punjab-Regiment.php Punjab Regiment] pakistanarmy.gov.pk==References==<references/>
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