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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
==Chronology==
*'''1776''' raised as 16th Carnatic Battalion
*'''1784''' became 16th Madras Battalion
*'''1796''' became 2nd Battalion, 5th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
*'''1824''' became '''16th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry'''
*'''1885''' became 16th Madras Infantry
*'''1903''' became '''76th Punjab Regiment'''
*'''1922''' became 3rd/[[1st Punjab Regiment]]
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
== Battle Honours ==
*[[Battle of Sholingur|Sholingur]] 1781
*[[2nd Mysore War|Carnatic]] 1780-84
*[[4th Mysore War|Mysore]] 1789-99
*[[Battle of Seringapatam 1799|Seringapatam]] 1799
*[[1st Burma War|Ava]] 1823-26
*[[3rd Burma War|Burma 1885-87]]
*[[3rd Afghan War|Afghanistan 1919]]
 
==British Library holdings==
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>
 
==Second World War==
3/1st Punjab Regiment  was part of  the  5th Indian Infantry Brigade                23/9/39  -    3/1/42.  The 5th Indian Infantry Brigade was raised at Jhansi on 23 September 1939 from  9th (Jhansi) Brigade. The movements of the Brigade were as follows
:India                                            23/9/39  -  23/9/39
:At sea                                          23/9/39  -  3/10/39
:Egypt                                          3/10/39  -  21/12/40
:Sudan and East Africa                  21/12/40 -  13/4/41
:Egypt                                          13/4/41  -  8/6/41
:Syria                                            8/6/41    -  10/41
:Egypt and Libya                          10/41      -  4/42<ref>WW2Talk Forum thread [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/52381-46-rajputana-rifles/  4/6 Rajputana Rifles]  reply  by  'dryan67'.  David A Ryan is co author of books on the Indian Army in WW2, see the WW2Talk Forum post  [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/52920-indian-army-an-organisational-history Indian Army: An Organisational History] (retrieved 21 April 2014)</ref>
 
== External Links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Punjab_Regiment 1st Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/76thpunjabis.htm 76th Punjabis] British Empire website
*[http://www.defencejournal.com/jun99/1st-punjab.htm 1st Punjab Regiment] defencejournal.com Karachi probably June 1999
*[http://orbat.com/site/history/open1/pakistan_punjabregt.html Pakistan: The Punjab Regiment to 1957]  orbat.com
*[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. 
*[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''
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/9845866/Lt-Col-Jack-Gibson.html Obituary of Lt-Col Jack Gibson] 03 Febuary 2013 ''The Telegraph''. Briefly mentions 3/1st Punjab Regiment at the battle of Keren in  1941 between British and Commonwealth forces and the Italian colonial army defending Eritrea.
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5675345/Major-Jack-Bazzard.html  Obituary of Major Jack Bazzard] 28 June 2009 ''The Telegraph''. Mentions D Company, 3rd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment in Italy in a fiercely-fought battle in December 1944 near Pergola, south west of Faenza.
 
== References ==
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