Difference between revisions of "2nd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force"

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Known as 52nd Sikhs

1846 raised by Captain J.W.V. Stephen at Kangra as 2nd Sikh Infantry
1846-7 1st-4th Sikh Regiments formed as the Infantry of the Frontier Brigade
1847 became 2nd Regiment of Sikh Local Infantry
1851 Frontier Brigade became the Punjab Irregular Force (Piffers) including the Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force
1865 became 2nd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
1903 became 52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force)
1922 became 2nd Battalion 12th Frontier Force
1945 became 2nd Battalion (Sikhs) Frontier Force Regiment
1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition
1957 became 4th Battalion Frontier Force Regiment

Frontier Brigade Wikipedia
Frontier Force Regiment Wikipedia
2nd/52nd Sikhs Photograph Collection flickr.com. Contains 59 photographs taken 1890-1919

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 *'''1957''' became 4th Battalion Frontier Force Regiment
 == External Links ==
-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Frontier_Force_Regiment Frontier Brigade] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Force_Regiment Frontier Force Regiment] Wikipedia
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+*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/59036290@N07/sets/72157628851032543/with/5900641897  2nd/52nd Sikhs Photograph Collection] flickr.com. Contains 59 photographs taken 1890-1919
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