12th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry

Known as 12th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 72nd Punjabis in the Indian Army

Chronology

• 1759 raised as 16th Battalion of Coast Sepoys
• 1769 became 13th Carnatic Battalion
• 1770 became 12th Carnatic Battalion
• 1784 became 12th Madras Battalion
• 1796 became 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
• 1824 became 12th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
• 1890 became 2nd Burma Infantry
• 1891 became 12th Regiment (2nd Burma Battalion) Madras Infantry
• 1901 became 12th Burma Infantry
• 1903 became 72nd Punjab Regiment
• 1922 became 3rd/2nd Punjab Regiment
• 1947 allocated to India on Partition

Battle Honours

• Sholingur 1781
• Carnatic 1780-84
• Ava 1823-26
• Burma 1885-87
• Afghanistan 1919

External Links

• 2nd Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
  
• 72nd Punjabis British Empire website
• Scroll down the page called Peshawar for a mention of the Loe-Agra operations of the Nowshera Brigade and the 72nd Punjabis. Michael, asmrb.pbworks.com. The Loe Agra Campaign took place on the North West Frontier in 1935

Historical books online

• "Major Grant’s Narrative", page 283 My Three Years in Manipur and Escape from the Recent Mutiny by Ethel St. Clair Grimwood 1891 Archive.org. Major Grant of the 12th Regiment (2nd Burma Bn) Madras Infantry was awarded the Victoria Cross for the actions in Manipur