29th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry

Known as 29th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 89th Punjabis in the Indian Army

Chronology

• 1798 raised as 1st Battalion, 15th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
• 1824 became 29th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
• 1885 became 29th Madras Infantry
• 1893 became 29th Regiment (7th Burma Battalion) Madras Infantry
• 1901 became 29th Burma Infantry
• 1903 became 89th Punjab Regiment
• 1922 became 1st/8th Punjab Regiment
• 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition
• 1956 merged with other units to form the Baloch Regiment

External Links

8th Punjab Regiment Wikipedia
89th Punjabis British Empire website