22nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry

Known as 22nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 82th Punjabis in the Indian Army

Chronology

• 1788 formed as 29th Madras Battalion
• 1796 became 2nd Battalion, 11th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
• 1824 became 22nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
• 1885 became 22nd Regiment of Madras Infantry
• 1901 became 22nd Madras Infantry
• 1903 became 82th Punjabis
• 1922 became 5th/1st Punjab Regiment
• 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition

External Links

• 82th 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