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*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/87thpunjabis.htm 87th Punjabis] British Empire website
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/87thpunjabis.htm 87th Punjabis] British Empire website
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xLrTzZd0j1kC&pg=PA24 Page 24]  ''Valour and Sacrifice: Famous Regiments of the Indian Army'' by Gautam Sharma  Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xLrTzZd0j1kC&pg=PA24 Page 24]  ''Valour and Sacrifice: Famous Regiments of the Indian Army'' by Gautam Sharma  Google Books
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/527922.html "Kurdistan 1919: Military Operations in Mesopotamian Kurdistan: South Kurdistan, May–June 1919"] by Harry Fecitt. From Harry's Sideshows kaiserscross.com
*[http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?p=5004  “Yet another Indian First World War memoir found!”]  Article about the ''War Memoirs'' of Captain Limaye, Indian Medical Service, written in Marathi. He was with the 87th Punjabis  1918-1921. He saw action in Mesopotamia and was involved in operations against the Kurdistanis in 1919 and in quelling the Arab Rebellion in 1920.  amitavghosh.com.
:[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/366403 ''Sainyaan'tiila Aat'havand-ii''] by Limaye Go Gan' published 1939. ''Sainyatil Athavani'', or  ''War Memoirs'' of Captain Gopal Gangadhar Limaye.  Marathi language with an English Introduction.  Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.366403 Archive.org version].
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Latest revision as of 12:53, 30 April 2017

Known as 27th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 87th Punjabis in the Indian Army

Chronology

  • 1798 raised as 1st Battalion, 14th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
  • 1824 became 27th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
  • 1885 became 27th Madras Infantry
  • 1903 became 87th Punjab Regiment
  • 1922 became 5th/2nd Punjab Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition

British Library holdings

Regimental histories

  • The Golden Galley : the story of the Second Punjab Regiment 1761-1947 by Geoffrey Betham and H.V.R. Geary.
  • The 2nd Punjab Regiment : a brief outline history of its origin, composition and achievements, published by the Regiment c 1943

External Links

Sainyaan'tiila Aat'havand-ii by Limaye Go Gan' published 1939. Sainyatil Athavani, or War Memoirs of Captain Gopal Gangadhar Limaye. Marathi language with an English Introduction. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Archive.org version.