32nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry

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

Chronology

  • 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)

External Links

8th Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
91st Punjabis British Empire website