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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Punjab_Regiment 8th Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Punjab_Regiment 8th Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia | ||
*[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/93rdburmainf.htmm 93rd Burma Infantry] British Empire website | *[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/93rdburmainf.htmm 93rd Burma Infantry] British Empire website | ||
Revision as of 05:07, 26 January 2018
Known as 33rd Madras Regiment of Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 93rd Burma Infantry Regiment in the Indian Army
Chronology
- 1800 raised as 1st Battalion, 17th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
- 1824 became 33rd Madras Regiment of Native Infantry
- 1885 became 33rd Madras Infantry
- 1890 became 3rd Burma Infantry
- 1891 became 33rd Regiment (3rd Burma Battalion) Madras Infantry
- 1901 became 33rd Burma Infantry
- 1903 became 93rd Burma Infantry Regiment
- 1922 became 5th/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.
- 93rd Burma Infantry British Empire website