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*'''1956''' merged with other units to form the Baloch Regiment
 
*'''1956''' merged with other units to form the Baloch Regiment
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Punjab_Regiment 8th Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/91stpunjabis.htm 91st Punjabis] British Empire website
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Punjab_Regiment 8th Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
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*[http://www.defencejournal.com/2000/jan/8th-punjab.htm 8th Punjab Regiment] from John Gaylor's book ''Sons Of John Company''.  ''Defence Journal'' Karachi January 2000
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*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/91stpunjabis.htm 91st Punjabis] British Empire website
  
 
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Revision as of 00:31, 18 February 2014

Known as 31st Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 91st Punjabis In the Indian Army

Chronology

  • 1800 raised as 1st Battalion, 16th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
  • 1824 became 31st Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
  • 1885 became 31st (Trichinopoly) Madras Light Infantry
  • 1892 became 31st Regiment (6th Burma Battalion) Madras Light Infantry
  • 1901 became 31st Burma Light Infantry
  • 1903 became 91st Punjab (Light Infantry) Regiment
  • 1922 became 3rd/8th Punjab Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition
  • 1956 merged with other units to form the Baloch Regiment

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