22nd Regiment of Punjab Infantry

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Known as 22nd Punjabis

22nd Punjabis from a painting by Major A.C. Lovett

Chronology

  • 1857 raised as 11th Regiment of Punjab Infantry from loyal elements of the 1st Sikh Infantry and 3rd Punjab Police Battalions
  • 1861 became 22nd Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1864 became 22nd (Punjab) Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1885 became 22nd (Punjab) Bengal Infantry
  • 1901 became 22nd Punjab Infantry
  • 1903 became 22nd Punjabis
  • 1922 became 3rd/14th Punjab Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition

External Links

22nd Punjabis British Empire website