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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://web.archive.org/web/20060113010844/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/inf/1903-066.htm 66th Punjabis] regiments.org<br> | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20060113010844/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/inf/1903-066.htm 66th Punjabis] regiments.org<br> | ||
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/66thpunjabis.htm 66th Punjabis] British Empire website<br> | *[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/66thpunjabis.htm 66th Punjabis] British Empire website<br> | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Punjab_Regiment 1st Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Punjab_Regiment 1st Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia | ||
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-08/1314141934 post] mentions the book ''The First Punjabis - History of the First Punjab Regiment 1759 - 1956'' by Major Mohammed Ibrahim Qureshi, published 1958. which is available at the [[British Library]] | |||
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 07:07, 25 August 2011
Known as 6th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 66th Punjabis in the Indian Army
Chronology
- 1759 formed as 7th Battalion Coast Sepoys
- 1769 became 7th Carnatic Battalion
- 1770 became 6th Carnatic Battalion
- 1784 became 6th Madras Battalion
- 1796 became 1st Battalion, 6th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
- 1824 became 6th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
- 1885 became 6th Regiment of Madras Infantry
- 1901 became 6th Madras Infantry
- 1903 became 66th Punjabis
- 1922 became 2nd/1st Punjab Regiment
- 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition
External Links
- 66th Punjabis regiments.org
- 66th Punjabis British Empire website
- 1st Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
- This India List post mentions the book The First Punjabis - History of the First Punjab Regiment 1759 - 1956 by Major Mohammed Ibrahim Qureshi, published 1958. which is available at the British Library