Difference between revisions of "8th Regiment of Punjab Infantry"

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

Known as 20th Brownlow's Punjabis

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

Brownlow's Punjabis Wikipedia
20th Brownlow's Punjabis British Empire Website
14th Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
The 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

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 *[http://www.burmastar.org.uk/14punjab.htm 14th Punjab Regiment] Burma Star Association
 *[http://orbat.com/site/history/open1/pakistan_punjabregt.html Pakistan: The Punjab Regiment to 1957] by Babur Mahmood September 1, 2002  orbat.com
+===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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