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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/33rdpunjabis.htm 33rd Punjabis] British Empire website
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/33rdpunjabis.htm 33rd Punjabis] British Empire website
*WW2Talk Forum thread [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/49802-3-bn-16th-punjab-regt/ 3 Bn 16th Punjab Regt] about the regiment at the Fall of Singapore in 1942
 
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[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 22:27, 26 September 2013

Known as 33rd Punjabis

'33rd Punjabi's' from a painting by Major A. C. Lovett

Chronology

  • 1857 raised as Allahabad Levy
  • 1861 became 33rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1864 became 33rd (Allahabad) Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1885 became 33rd Bengal Infantry
  • 1890 became 33rd (Punjabi Mahomedan) Bengal Infantry
  • 1901 became 33rd Punjab Infantry
  • 1903 became 33rd Punjabis
  • 1922 became 3rd/16th Punjab Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition

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