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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Punjab_Regiment 8th Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia<br> | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Punjab_Regiment 8th Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia<br> | ||
*[http:// | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160811005455/http://defencejournal.com/2000/jan/8th-punjab.htm 8th Punjab Regiment] from John Gaylor's book ''Sons Of John Company''. ''Defence Journal'' Karachi January 2000, now archived. | ||
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/91stpunjabis.htm 91st Punjabis] British Empire website | *[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/91stpunjabis.htm 91st Punjabis] British Empire website | ||
Revision as of 05:03, 26 January 2018
Known as 31st Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 91st Punjabis In the Indian Army
Chronology
- 1800 raised as 1st Battalion, 16th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
- 1824 became 31st Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
- 1885 became 31st (Trichinopoly) Madras Light Infantry
- 1892 became 31st Regiment (6th Burma Battalion) Madras Light Infantry
- 1901 became 31st Burma Light Infantry
- 1903 became 91st Punjab (Light Infantry) Regiment
- 1922 became 3rd/8th Punjab Regiment
- 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition
- 1956 merged with other units to form the Baloch Regiment
External Links
- 8th Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
- 8th Punjab Regiment from John Gaylor's book Sons Of John Company. Defence Journal Karachi January 2000, now archived.
- 91st Punjabis British Empire website