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==Regimental history== | ==Regimental history== | ||
*''Unfaded Glory : the 8th Punjab Regiment 1798-1956'' by Major Rifat Nadeem Ahmad & Major General Rafiuddin Ahmed. Published 2006 by Naval & Military Press, UK. Available at Imperial War Museums, catalogue number LBY 07 / 2537 | *''Unfaded Glory : the 8th Punjab Regiment 1798-1956'' by Major Rifat Nadeem Ahmad & Major General Rafiuddin Ahmed. Published 2006 by Naval & Military Press, UK. Available at Imperial War Museums, catalogue number LBY 07 / 2537 | ||
:Some brief details of WW2 deployments from this book are provided in a WW2Talk Forum post.<ref>RobG64. [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/8th-punjab-regiment-regimental-history.83313/ 8th Punjab Regiment Regimental History] ''WW2Talk Forum'' 19 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.</ref> | |||
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*[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. | *[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 | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:26, 22 January 2020
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
Regimental history
- Unfaded Glory : the 8th Punjab Regiment 1798-1956 by Major Rifat Nadeem Ahmad & Major General Rafiuddin Ahmed. Published 2006 by Naval & Military Press, UK. Available at Imperial War Museums, catalogue number LBY 07 / 2537
- Some brief details of WW2 deployments from this book are provided in a WW2Talk Forum post.[1]
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
References
- ↑ RobG64. 8th Punjab Regiment Regimental History WW2Talk Forum 19 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.