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

External Links

• 1st Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
  
• 76th Punjabis British Empire website
• 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