31st Regiment of Madras Native Infantry

Known as 31st Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 91st Punjabis In the Indian Army

Chronology

• 1800 raised as 1st Battalion, 16th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
• 1824 became 31st Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
• 1885 became 31st (Trichinopoly) Madras Light Infantry
• 1892 became 31st Regiment (6th Burma Battalion) Madras Light Infantry
• 1901 became 31st Burma Light Infantry
• 1903 became 91st Punjab (Light Infantry) Regiment
• 1922 became 3rd/8th Punjab Regiment
• 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition
• 1956 merged with other units to form the Baloch Regiment

External Links

• 8th Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
  
• 8th Punjab Regiment from John Gaylor's book Sons Of John Company. Defence Journal Karachi January 2000, now archived.
• 91st Punjabis British Empire website