84th Punjab Regiment

Known as 24th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 84th Punjabis in the Indian Army

Chronology

• 1794 formed as 34th Madras Battalion
• 1797 became 2nd Battalion, 12th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
• 1824 became 24th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
• 1885 became 24th Madras Infantry
• 1903 became 84th Punjab Regiment
• 1922 became 10th/1st Punjab Regiment
• 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition

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

• 84th Punjabis British Empire website
  
• 1st Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
• 1st Punjab Regiment defencejournal.com Karachi probably June 1999
• Pakistan: The Punjab Regiment to 1957 orbat.com