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*'''1885''' became 16th Madras Infantry
*'''1903''' became '''76th Punjab Regiment'''
*'''1922''' became 3rd/[[1st Punjab Regiment]]
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
== Battle Honours ==
*[[3rd Burma War|Burma 1885-87]]
*[[3rd Afghan War|Afghanistan 1919]]
==British Library holdings==Regimental histories*''A Brief history of the 3rd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment : formerly 76th Punjabis, 16th Madras Infantry, 16th Regiment, Madras Native Infantry, 2nd Battalion, 5th Madras Native Infantry, 16th Madras Battalion, 16th Carnatic Battalion, or Lane's Battalion''. Variant Title:'' History of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment''. Published 1927 by Gale & Polden, Aldershot. Now available online, see below.*''The First Punjabis - History of the First Punjab Regiment 1759 - 1956'' by Major Mohammed Ibrahim Qureshi, published 1958,<ref> For more details, see Chidley, Ann[https://web.archive.org/web/20190209214601/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/1316525/ The First Punjab Regiment] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 23 August 2011, now archived. </ref> by Gale & Polden, Aldershot. ==Second World War==3/1st Punjab Regiment was part of the 5th Indian Infantry Brigade 23/9/39 - 3/1/42. The 5th Indian Infantry Brigade was raised at Jhansi on 23 September 1939 from 9th (Jhansi) Brigade. The movements of the Brigade were as follows:India 23/9/39 - 23/9/39:At sea 23/9/39 - 3/10/39:Egypt 3/10/39 - 21/12/40:Sudan and East Africa 21/12/40 - 13/4/41:Egypt 13/4/41 - 8/6/41:Syria 8/6/41 - 10/41:Egypt and Libya 10/41 - 4/42<ref>WW2Talk Forum thread [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/4-6-rajputana-rifles.52381/#post-613773 4/6 Rajputana Rifles] reply by 'dryan67'. David A Ryan is co author of books on the Indian Army in WW2, see the WW2Talk Forum post [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/indian-army-an-organisational-history.52920/ Indian Army: An Organisational History] (retrieved 11 August 2016)</ref> == External Links links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Punjab_Regiment 1st Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/76thpunjabis.htm 76th Punjabis] British Empire website
*This India List [https://web.archive.org/web/20160810041744/http://archiverdefencejournal.com/jun99/1st-punjab.htm 1st Punjab Regiment] defencejournal.com Karachi probably June 1999, now archived.*[https://web.rootswebarchive.ancestryorg/web/20140502032950/http://orbat.com/thsite/readhistory/INDIAopen1/pakistan_punjabregt.html Pakistan: The Punjab Regiment to 1957] by Babur Mahmood September 1, 2002 orbat.com, now archived. *[https://web.archive.org/web/20131118084117/http://www.tankmuseum.org/ixbin/indexplus?record=ART4048&_IXMENU_=news_and_events The Battle of Ctesiphon] by David Fletcher 14th August 2013 tankmuseum.org, now archived. Mesopotamia, 23/24th November 1915. The 76th Punjabis fought in the battle. *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110818175010/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/8707543/Lt-Col-Charles-Boulter.html Obituary of Lt-Col Charles Boulter] 1918-2011who was awarded the MC in 1941 in the battle for Damascus with the 3rd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment (3/1 PR). 17 August 2011 ''The Telegraph'', archived.*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-08obituaries/9845866/1314141934 postLt-Col-Jack-Gibson.html Obituary of Lt-Col Jack Gibson] 03 February 2013 ''The Telegraph''. Briefly mentions 3/1st Punjab Regiment at the book battle of Keren in 1941 between British and Commonwealth forces and the Italian colonial army defending Eritrea.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121112112237/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5675345/Major-Jack-Bazzard.html Obituary of Major Jack Bazzard] 28 June 2009 ''The First Telegraph'', archived. Mentions D Company, 3rd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment in Italy in a fiercely-fought battle in December 1944 near Pergola, south west of Faenza.===Historical books online===*[https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Detail/2R3BF1F0K6RAQ ''A Brief history of the 3rd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment : formerly 76th Punjabis - ...''] Variant Title:'' History of the First 3rd Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment 1759 - 1956'' . Published 1927 by Major Mohammed Ibrahim Qureshi Gale & Polden, published 1958Aldershot. University of Calgary Digital file. which is available at the [[British Library]https://archive.org/details/hist-3b1punjabr-images/page/n5/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].== References ==<references />
[[Category:Madras Infantry Regiments]]
