66th Punjab Regiment

Known as 6th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 66th Punjabis in the Indian Army

Chronology

• 1759 formed as 7th Battalion Coast Sepoys
• 1769 became 7th Carnatic Battalion
• 1770 became 6th Carnatic Battalion
• 1784 became 6th Madras Battalion
• 1796 became 1st Battalion, 6th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
• 1824 became 6th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
• 1885 became 6th Regiment of Madras Infantry
• 1901 became 6th Madras Infantry
• 1903 became 66th Punjabis
• 1922 became 2nd/1st Punjab Regiment
• 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition

External Links

• 66th Punjabis regiments.org
  
• 66th Punjabis British Empire website
  
• 1st Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
• This India List post mentions the book The First Punjabis - History of the First Punjab Regiment 1759 - 1956 by Major Mohammed Ibrahim Qureshi, published 1958. which is available at the British Library