72nd Punjab Regiment

Known as 12th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 72nd Punjabis in the Indian Army

Chronology

• 1759 raised as 16th Battalion of Coast Sepoys
• 1769 became 13th Carnatic Battalion
• 1770 became 12th Carnatic Battalion
• 1784 became 12th Madras Battalion
• 1796 became 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
• 1824 became 12th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
• 1890 became 2nd Burma Infantry
• 1891 became 12th Regiment (2nd Burma Battalion) Madras Infantry
• 1901 became 12th Burma Infantry
• 1903 became 72nd Punjab Regiment
• 1922 became 3rd/2nd Punjab Regiment
• 1947 allocated to India on Partition

Battle Honours

• Sholingur 1781
• Carnatic 1780-84
• Ava 1823-26
• Burma 1885-87
• Afghanistan 1919

External Links

2nd Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
72nd Punjabis British Empire website