25th Regiment of Punjab Infantry

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Known as 25th Punjabis

Chronology

  • 1857 raised as 17th Regiment of Punjab Infantry
  • 1861 became 25th Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1864 became 25th (Punjab) Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1885 became 25th (Punjab) Bengal Infantry
  • 1901 became 25th Punjab Infantry
  • 1903 became 25th Punjabis
  • 1922 became 1st/15th Punjab Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition

Regimental history

A History of the 1st Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment, 1857-1937. Compiled from the Battalion's Digest of Service and other official documents by Lieut.-Colonel J. E. Shearer (Johnston Evelyn) 1937. Available at the British Library.

External Links

Historical books online