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*[http://www.burmastar.org.uk/14punjab.htm 14th Punjab Regiment] Burma Star Association
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*[http://orbat.com/site/history/open1/pakistan_punjabregt.html Pakistan: The Punjab Regiment to 1957] by Babur Mahmood September 1, 2002
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*[http://orbat.com/site/history/open1/pakistan_punjabregt.html Pakistan: The Punjab Regiment to 1957] by Babur Mahmood September 1, 2002
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===Historical books online===
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89005643499?urlappend=%3Bseq=13 ''History of the 20th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Infantry, Brownlow's Punjabis ; from its formation, in 1857, to 1907''], published c 1909. Hathi Trust Digital Library


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'30th & 20th Infantry' from a painting by Major A. C. Lovett

Known as 20th Brownlow's Punjabis

Chronology

  • 1857 formed as 8th Regiment of Punjab Infantry by Charles Brownlow from loyal elements of the 4th and 5th Punjab Infantry
  • 1861 Brought into Bengal Army replacing 24th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry which had mutinied
  • 1861 renumbered 20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1864 became 20th (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1883 became 20th (Duke of Cambridge's Own Punjab) Bengal Infantry
  • 1901 became 20th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Punjab Infantry
  • 1904 became 20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis)
  • 1922 amalgamated with five other regiments to form the 6-battalion 14th Punjab Regiment (2nd Battalion)
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition
  • 1956 amalgamated into The Punjab Regiment

Battle Honours

  • Punjab Frontier
  • China 1900

External Links

Historical books online