32nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry: Difference between revisions

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Known as 32nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 92nd Punjabis in the Indian Army

1800 raised as 2nd Battalion, 16th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
1824 became 32nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
1885 became 32nd Madras Infantry
1890 became 4th Burma Infantry
1891 became 32nd Regiment (4th Burma Battalion) Madras Infantry
1901 became 32nd Burma Infantry
1903 became 92nd Punjab (Light Infantry) Regiment
1922 became 4th/8th Punjab Regiment (Prince of Wales Own)
1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition
1956 merged with other units to form the Baloch Regiment (4 Baloch Regiment)

8th Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
8th Punjab Regiment from John Gaylor's book Sons Of John Company. Defence Journal Karachi January 2000, now archived.
92nd Punjabis British Empire website
Captain Aubrey Reilly, 69th Punjabis killed in action at Sannaiyat in Mesopotamia on the 22nd February 1917 while attached to the 92nd Punjabis. Opusculum website.

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 == External Links ==
 *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Punjab_Regiment 8th Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
-*[http://www.defencejournal.com/2000/jan/8th-punjab.htm 8th Punjab Regiment] from John Gaylor's book ''Sons Of John Company''.  ''Defence Journal'' Karachi January 2000
+*[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/92ndpunjabis.htm 92nd Punjabis] British Empire website
 *[https://opusculum.wordpress.com/2017/02/22/captain-aubrey-reilly/ Captain Aubrey Reilly, 69th Punjabis] killed in action at Sannaiyat in Mesopotamia on the 22nd February 1917 while attached to the 92nd Punjabis. Opusculum website.