90th Punjab Regiment

From FIBIwiki
Revision as of 14:55, 2 June 2009 by Symorsebrown (talk | contribs) (Create page. Add chronology & external links)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Known as 90th Punjabis

Chronology

  • 1798 raised as 2nd Battalion, 15th Madras Native Infantry
  • 1824 became 30th Madras Native Infantry
  • 1885 became 30th Madras Infantry
  • 1892 became 30th Regiment (5th Burma Battalion) Madras Infantry
  • 1901 became 30th Burma Infantry
  • 1903 became 90th Punjab Regiment
  • 1922 became 2nd/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
89th Punjabis British Empire website