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| Known as '''2nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry''' in the Madras Army<br>
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| Known as '''62nd Punjabis''' in the Indian Army
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| == Chronology ==
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| *'''1759''' formed as 3rd Battalion Coast Sepoys
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| *'''1769''' became 2nd Carnatic Battalion
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| *'''1784''' became 2nd Madras Battalion
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| *'''1796''' became 1st Battalion, 2nd Madras Native Infantry
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| *'''1824''' became '''2nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry'''
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| *'''1885''' became 2nd Regiment of Madras Infantry
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| *'''1901''' became 2nd Madras Infantry (Punjabis)
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| *'''1903''' became '''62nd Punjabis'''
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| *'''1922''' became 1st/1st Punjab Regiment
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| *'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition
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| == External Links ==
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| *[http://web.archive.org/web/20060223100037/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/inf/1903-062.htm 62nd Punjabis] regiments.org<br>
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| *[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/62ndpunjabis.htm 62nd Punjabis] British Empire website<br>
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| *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Punjab_Regiment 1st Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
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| *This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-08/1314141934 post] mentions the book ''The First Punjabis - History of the First Punjab Regiment 1759 - 1956'' by Major Mohammed Ibrahim Qureshi, published 1958. which is available at the [[British Library]]
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