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Known as '''1st Sikhs''' | |||
== Chronology == | == Chronology == | ||
*'''1846''' raised by Captain J. S. Hodgson at Hoshiarpur as 1st Sikh Infantry | *'''1846''' raised by Captain J. S. Hodgson at Hoshiarpur as 1st Sikh Infantry | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Frontier_Force_Regiment Frontier Brigade] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Force_Regiment Frontier Force Regiment] Wikipedia | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Frontier_Force_Regiment Frontier Brigade] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Force_Regiment Frontier Force Regiment] Wikipedia | ||
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]] | |||
[[Category:Punjab Frontier Force]] |
Revision as of 07:51, 6 May 2009
Known as 1st Sikhs
Chronology
- 1846 raised by Captain J. S. Hodgson at Hoshiarpur as 1st Sikh Infantry
- 1846-7 1st-4th Sikh Regiments formed as the Infantry of the Frontier Brigade
- 1847 became 1st Regiment of Sikh Local Infantry
- 1851 Frontier Brigade became the Punjab Irregular Force (Piffers) including the Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force
- 1865 became 1st Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
- 1903 became 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force)
- 1922 became 1st Battalion (Prince of Wales' Own Sikhs) 12th Frontier Force
- 1945 became 1st Battalion (PWO Sikhs) Frontier Force Regiment
- 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition
- 1957 became 3rd Battalion Frontier Force Regiment
External Links
Frontier Brigade Wikipedia
Frontier Force Regiment Wikipedia