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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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| ==British Library holdings==
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| Regimental history: ''The First Punjabis - History of the First Punjab Regiment 1759 - 1956'' by Major Mohammed Ibrahim Qureshi, published 1958<ref> There are more details in this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-08/1314141934 post]</ref>
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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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| *[http://www.defencejournal.com/jun99/1st-punjab.htm 1st Punjab Regiment] defencejournal.com Karachi probably June 1999
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| *[http://orbat.com/site/history/open1/pakistan_punjabregt.html Pakistan: The Punjab Regiment to 1957] orbat.com
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| *[http://www.tankmuseum.org/ixbin/indexplus?record=ART4048&_IXMENU_=news_and_events The Battle of Ctesiphon] by David Fletcher 14th August 2013 tankmuseum.org. Mesopotamia, 23/24th November 1915. The 76th Punjabis fought in the battle.
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| *[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/8707543/Lt-Col-Charles-Boulter.html Obituary of Lt-Col Charles Boulter] 1918-2011 who was awarded the MC in 1941 in the battle for Damascus with the 3rd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment (3/1 PR). 17 August 2011 ''The Telegraph''
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| == References ==
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