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33rd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry

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*'''1901''' became 33rd Burma Infantry
*'''1903''' became '''93rd Burma Infantry Regiment'''
*'''1922''' became 5th/[[8th Punjab Regiment]]
*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition
*'''1956''' merged with other units to form the Baloch Regiment
 ==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> == External Links links ==*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Punjab_Regiment 8th Punjab Regiment] Wikipedia<br>*[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/93rdburmainf.htmm 93rd Burma Infantry] British Empire website===Historical books online===*[https://archive.org/details/celticmonthlyam01unkngoog/page/n146/mode/2up/ "Pipe bands in the India Army"] ''The Celtic Monthly: A Magazine for Highlanders'' page 126, Volume XVI 1908. Archive.org. Very briefly mentions the 93rd Punjabis, which seems most likely to be 93rd Burma Infantry, although the latter regiment appears never to have been officially known as 93rd Punjabis. ==References==<references/>{{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}  
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