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== Battle Honours == | == Battle Honours == | ||
*[[Battle of Sholingur|Sholingur]] 1781 | *[[Battle of Sholingur|Sholingur]] 1781 | ||
*Carnatic | *[[2nd Mysore War|Carnatic]] 1780-84 | ||
*[[4th Mysore War|Mysore]] 1789-99 | *[[4th Mysore War|Mysore]] 1789-99 | ||
*[[Battle of Seringapatam 1799|Seringapatam]] 1799 | *[[Battle of Seringapatam 1799|Seringapatam]] 1799 | ||
Revision as of 12:32, 26 March 2010
Known as 16th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
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
- Sholingur 1781
- Carnatic 1780-84
- Mysore 1789-99
- Seringapatam 1799
- Ava 1823-26
- Burma 1885-87
- Afghanistan 1919
External Links
1st Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
76th Punjabis British Empire website