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[[Image:1st & 3rd Brahmans.jpg|right|350px|thumb|1st and 3rd Brahman Infantry]]
Known as '''1st Brahmans'''
== Chronology ==
''In the [[Indian Mutiny]] the [[21st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] did not rebel and, in the ensuing disbandment of the [[Bengal Army]] regiments, it became the most senior.''
*'''1861''' became the 1st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
*'''1901''' became the 1st Brahman Infantry
*'''1903''' became the 1st Brahmans
*'''1922''' united with [[62nd Punjabis]], [[66th Punjabis]], [[76th Punjab Regiment|76th Punjabis]], [[82nd Punjab Regiment|82nd Punjabis]], and [[84th Punjab Regiment|84th Punjabis]] and became 4th/[[1st Punjab Regiment]]
*'''1931''' disbanded
==British Library holdings==
Regimental history: ''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://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/1316525/ The First Punjab Regiment] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 23 August 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2019.</ref>
== External links ==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20060528193630/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/inf/1903-001.htm 1st Brahmans] www.regiments.org<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawab_of_Oudh Nawab Wazir of Awadh] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/1stbrahmans.htm 1st Brahmans] British Empire website
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Brahmans 1st Brahmans] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Punjab_Regiment 1st Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160810041744/http://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, now archived.
*[https://shapingoursorrow.cwgc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1294_1.jpg Headstone carving for 1st Brahmans] used by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for First World War deaths. Possibly based on the regimental badge. From a CWGC webpage [https://shapingoursorrow.cwgc.org/bargaining/international-differences/ "International differences"] shapingoursorrow.cwgc.org
== References ==
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