31st Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
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Known as 31st Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 91st Punjabis In the Indian Army
Chronology
- 1800 raised as 1st Battalion, 16th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
- 1824 became 31st Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
- 1885 became 31st (Trichinopoly) Madras Light Infantry
- 1892 became 31st Regiment (6th Burma Battalion) Madras Light Infantry
- 1901 became 31st Burma Light Infantry
- 1903 became 91st Punjab (Light Infantry) Regiment
- 1922 became 3rd/8th Punjab Regiment
- 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition
- 1956 merged with other units to form the Baloch Regiment
Regimental history
- Unfaded Glory : the 8th Punjab Regiment 1798-1956 by Major Rifat Nadeem Ahmad & Major General Rafiuddin Ahmed. Published 2006 by Naval & Military Press, UK. Available at Imperial War Museums, catalogue number LBY 07 / 2537
- Some brief details of WW2 deployments from this book are provided in a WW2Talk Forum post.[1]
External links
- 8th Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
- 8th Punjab Regiment from John Gaylor's book Sons Of John Company. Defence Journal Karachi January 2000, now archived.
- 91st Punjabis British Empire website
References
- ↑ RobG64. 8th Punjab Regiment Regimental History WW2Talk Forum 19 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.