31st Regiment of Punjab Infantry: Difference between revisions

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Known as 31st Punjabis

1857 raised as 31st Regiment of Punjab Infantry in Ferozepore and known as Bloomfield's Sikhs
1861 became 31st Bengal Native Infantry
1864 became 31st (Punjab) Bengal Native Infantry
1885 became 31st (Punjab) Bengal Infantry
1901 became 31st Punjab Infantry
1903 became 31st Punjabis
1922 became 2nd Battalion 16th Punjab Regiment
1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition

Solah Punjab: The History of the 16th Punjab Regiment. Edited by J. P. Lawford and W. E. Catto 1967. Available at the British Library

16th Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
16th Punjab Regiment from John Gaylor's book Sons Of John Company. Defence Journal Karachi May 1999
Pakistan: The Punjab Regiment to 1957 by Babur Mahmood September 1, 2002  orbat.com, now archived.

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 *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Punjab_Regiment 16th Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia
 *[http://www.defencejournal.com/may99/16th-punjab.htm 16th Punjab Regiment]  from John Gaylor's book ''Sons Of John Company''. Defence Journal Karachi May 1999
-*[http://orbat.com/site/history/open1/pakistan_punjabregt.html Pakistan: The Punjab Regiment to 1957] by Babur Mahmood September 1, 2002 orbat.com
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140502032950/http://orbat.com/site/history/open1/pakistan_punjabregt.html  Pakistan: The Punjab Regiment to 1957] by Babur Mahmood September 1, 2002  orbat.com, now archived.
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