40th Regiment of Pathan Infantry: Difference between revisions

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Known as 40th Pathans

1858 raised as the Shahjehanpur Levy
1861 became the 40th Bengal Native Infantry
1864 became the 40th (Shahjehanpur) Bengal Native Infantry
1885 became the 40th (Shahjehanpur) Bengal Infantry
1890 became the 40th (Baluch) Bengal Infantry
1892 became the 40th (Pathan) Bengal Infantry
1901 became the 40th Pathan Infantry
1903 became the 40th Pathans
1922 amalgamated with the 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd and 24th Punjabis to become 5th Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment
1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition and renamed the Punjab Regiment

40th Pathans British Empire website
14th Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
14th Punjab Regiment from John Gaylor's book Sons Of John Company Defence Journal Karachi August 1999
14th Punjab Regiment Burma Star Association
Pakistan: The Punjab Regiment to 1957 by Babur Mahmood September 1, 2002  orbat.com
The 5th Battalion (Punjab Regiment) in Malaya in WW2. [5/14th Punjab Regiment] cofepow.org

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 *[http://www.defencejournal.com/aug99/14th-punjab.htm 14th Punjab Regiment] from John Gaylor's book ''Sons Of John Company'' ''Defence Journal'' Karachi August 1999
 *[http://www.burmastar.org.uk/14punjab.htm 14th Punjab Regiment] Burma Star Association
-*[http://orbat.com/site/history/open1/pakistan_punjabregt.htmlPakistan: The Punjab Regiment to 1957] by Babur Mahmood September 1, 2002  orbat.com
+*[http://orbat.com/site/history/open1/pakistan_punjabregt.html Pakistan: The Punjab Regiment to 1957] by Babur Mahmood September 1, 2002  orbat.com
 *[http://www.cofepow.org.uk/pages/armedforces_5th%20bn_punjab_regt.htm The 5th Battalion (Punjab Regiment) in Malaya] in WW2. [5/14th Punjab Regiment] cofepow.org