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Regimental histories*''A Brief historyof 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> There are For more details in this India List , see Chidley, Ann[httphttps://archiverweb.archive.org/web/20190209214601/https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/thhyperkitty/readlist/INDIAindia.rootsweb.com/thread/2011-081316525/1314141934 postThe 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 ==

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160810041744/http://www.defencejournal.com/jun99/1st-punjab.htm 1st Punjab Regiment] defencejournal.com Karachi probably June 1999, now archived.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140502032950/http://orbat.com/site/history/open1/pakistan_punjabregt.html Pakistan: The Punjab Regiment to 1957] by Babur Mahmood September 1, 2002 orbat.com*[http://www.tankmuseum.org/ixbin/indexplus?record=ART4048&_IXMENU_=news_and_events The Battle of Ctesiphon] by David Fletcher 14th August 2013 tankmuseum.org. Mesopotamia, 23/24th November 1915. The 76th Punjabis fought in the battle. *[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/8707543/Lt-Col-Charles-Boulternow archived.html Obituary of Lt-Col Charles Boulter] 1918-2011 who 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''