62nd Punjab Regiment

Known as 2nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 62nd Punjabis in the Indian Army

Chronology

• 1759 formed as 3rd Battalion Coast Sepoys
• 1769 became 2nd Carnatic Battalion
• 1784 became 2nd Madras Battalion
• 1796 became 1st Battalion, 2nd Madras Native Infantry
• 1824 became 2nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
• 1885 became 2nd Regiment of Madras Infantry
• 1901 became 2nd Madras Infantry (Punjabis)
• 1903 became 62nd Punjabis
• 1922 became 1st/1st Punjab Regiment
• 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition

External Links

• 62nd Punjabis regiments.org
  
• 62nd 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