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| Known as '''16th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry''' in the Madras Army<br>
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| Known as '''76th Punjabis''' in the Indian Army
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| ==Chronology==
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| *'''1776''' raised as 16th Carnatic Battalion
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| *'''1784''' became 16th Madras Battalion
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| *'''1796''' became 2nd Battalion, 5th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
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| *'''1824''' became '''16th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry'''
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| *'''1885''' became 16th Madras Infantry
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| *'''1903''' became '''76th Punjab Regiment'''
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| *'''1922''' became 3rd/1st Punjab Regiment
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| *'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
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| == Battle Honours ==
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| *[[Battle of Sholingur|Sholingur]] 1781
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| *[[2nd Mysore War|Carnatic]] 1780-84
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| *[[4th Mysore War|Mysore]] 1789-99
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| *[[Battle of Seringapatam 1799|Seringapatam]] 1799
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| *[[1st Burma War|Ava]] 1823-26
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| *[[3rd Burma War|Burma 1885-87]]
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| *[[3rd Afghan War|Afghanistan 1919]]
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| == External Links ==
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| *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Punjab_Regiment 1st Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
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| *[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/76thpunjabis.htm 76th Punjabis] British Empire website
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| *This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-08/1314141934 post] mentions the book ''The First Punjabis - History of the First Punjab Regiment 1759 - 1956'' by Major Mohammed Ibrahim Qureshi, published 1958. which is available at the [[British Library]]
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| [[Category:Madras Infantry Regiments]]
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