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2nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
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