16th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry

Known as 16th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 76th Punjabis in the Indian Army

Chronology

• 1776 raised as 16th Carnatic Battalion
• 1784 became 16th Madras Battalion
• 1796 became 2nd Battalion, 5th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
• 1824 became 16th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
• 1885 became 16th Madras Infantry
• 1903 became 76th Punjab Regiment
• 1922 became 3rd/1st Punjab Regiment
• 1947 allocated to India on Partition

Battle Honours

• Sholingur 1781
• Carnatic 1780-84
• Mysore 1789-99
• Seringapatam 1799
• Ava 1823-26
• Burma 1885-87
• Afghanistan 1919

British Library holdings

Regimental history: The First Punjabis - History of the First Punjab Regiment 1759 - 1956 by Major Mohammed Ibrahim Qureshi, published 1958

External Links

• 1st Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
  
• 76th Punjabis British Empire website
• 1st Punjab Regiment defencejournal.com Karachi probably June 1999
• Pakistan: The Punjab Regiment to 1957 orbat.com
• The Battle of Ctesiphon by David Fletcher 14th August 2013 tankmuseum.org. Mesopotamia, 23/24th November 1915. The 76th Punjabis fought in the battle.
• Obituary of Lt-Col Charles Boulter 1918-2011 who was awarded the MC in 1941 in the battle for Damascus with the 3rd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment (3/1 PR). 17 August 2011 The Telegraph
• Obituary of Lt-Col Jack Gibson 03 Febuary 2013 The Telegraph. Briefly mentions 3/1st Punjab Regiment at the battle of Keren in 1941 between British and Commonwealth forces and the Italian colonial army defending Eritrea.
• Obituary of Major Jack Bazzard 28 June 2009 The Telegraph. Mentions D Company, 3rd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment in Italy in a fiercely-fought battle in December 1944 near Pergola, south west of Faenza.