1st Regiment of Brahman Infantry: Difference between revisions

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Known as 1st Brahmans

In the Indian Mutiny the 21st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry did not rebel and, in the ensuing disbandment of the Bengal Army regiments, it became the most senior.

1861 became the 1st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
1901 became the 1st Brahman Infantry
1903 became the 1st Brahmans
1922 united with 62nd Punjabis, 66th Punjabis, 76th Punjabis, 82nd Punjabis, and 84th Punjabis and became 4th/1st Punjab Regiment
1931 disbanded

Regimental history: The First Punjabis - History of the First Punjab Regiment 1759 - 1956 by Major Mohammed Ibrahim Qureshi, published 1958^[1]

1st Brahmans www.regiments.org
Nawab Wazir of Awadh Wikipedia
1st Brahmans British Empire website
1st Brahmans Wikipedia
1st Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
1st Punjab Regiment defencejournal.com Karachi probably June 1999, now archived.
Pakistan: The Punjab Regiment to 1957 by Babur Mahmood September 1, 2002 orbat.com, now archived.

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-*[http://www.defencejournal.com/jun99/1st-punjab.htm 1st Punjab Regiment] defencejournal.com Karachi probably June 1999
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160810041744/http://defencejournal.com/jun99/1st-punjab.htm  1st Punjab Regiment] defencejournal.com Karachi probably June 1999, now archived.
 *[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.