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#REDIRECT Known as '''30th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry''' in the Madras Army<br>Known as '''90th Punjabis''' In the Indian Army ==Chronology==*'''1798''' raised as 2nd Battalion, 15th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry*'''1824''' became '''30th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry'''*'''1885''' became 30th Madras Infantry*'''1892''' became 30th Regiment (5th Burma Battalion) Madras Infantry*'''1901''' became 30th Burma Infantry*'''1903''' became '''90th Punjab Regiment'''*'''1922''' became 2nd/[[8th Punjab Regiment]]*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition*'''1956''' merged with other units to form the Baloch Regiment ==Also see==*[[Reginald Malpas Gore]] ==Regimental history==*''Unfaded Glory : the 8th Punjab Regiment 1798-1956'' by Major Rifat Nadeem Ahmad & Major General Rafiuddin Ahmed. Published 2006 by Naval & Military Press, UK. Available at Imperial War Museums, catalogue number LBY 07 / 2537:Some brief details of WW2 deployments from this book are provided in a WW2Talk Forum post.<ref>RobG64. [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/8th-punjab-regiment-regimental-history.83313/ 8th Punjab Regiment Regimental History] ''WW2Talk Forum'' 19 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.</ref>*''The Punjab Mail Murder: The Story of an Indian Army Officer'' by Roger Perkins 1979 and 1986 editions. The 1979 edition is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01008815257. George Ramsey Hext of the 2nd/8th Punjab Regiment was murdered during an attack by Indian nationalists on a passenger train in 1931. The book is stated to contain much military detail on the North West Frontier campaign of 1930-31. == External Links ==*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Punjab_Regiment 8th Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia*[90th https://web.archive.org/web/20160811005455/http://defencejournal.com/2000/jan/8th-punjab.htm 8th Punjab Regiment]from John Gaylor's book ''Sons Of John Company''. ''Defence Journal'' Karachi January 2000, now archived. *[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/90thpunjabis.htm 90th Punjabis]British Empire website==References==<references/>{{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}
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