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Known as '''The 34th Punjab Pioneers'''
== Chronology ==
*'''1887''' raised as the 34th (Punjab) Bengal Infantry (Pioneers)
*'''1901''' became the '''34th Punjab Pioneers'''
*'''1903''' became the 34th Sikh Pioneers
*'''1921''' became the 3rd Royal Bn/[[3rd Sikh Pioneers]]
*'''1929''' became the Corps of Sikh Pioneers
*'''1933''' disbanded
*'''1941''' re-raised as The Sikh Light Infantry
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
==Regimental history==
''The History of the Sikh Pioneers, 23rd, 32nd, 34th'' by Sir George MacMunn ; assisted by Captain Spurgin. 1936. Available online, see below.
== External Links ==
*[http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/sikh-warriors/34th-sikh-pioneers.html 34th Punjab Pioneers] www.allaboutsikhs.com
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/34thpioneers.htm 34th Punjab Pioneers] British Empire website
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/34th_Sikh_Pioneers 34th Royal Sikh Pioneers] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
*[http://www.jullundurassociation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=97%3Aarticle-2&Itemid=64 The 34th Royal Sikh Pioneers] Jullundur Brigade Association (retrieved 29 April 2014)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Sikh_Pioneers 3rd Sikh Pioneers] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Light_Infantry Sikh Light Infantry] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20090309055254/http://sikhli.info/index.php/history History of the Sikh Light Infantry] sikhli.info, now an archived website (retrieved 29 April 2014)
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20090310000912/http://sikhli.info/index.php/publications Regimental Histories] sikhli.info, now an archived website (retrieved 29 April 2014)
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.8907/page/n3/mode/2up ''The History of the Sikh Pioneers, (23rd, 32nd, 34th)''] by Lieut.-General Sir George MacMunn, assisted by Captain Spurgin. [1936] Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository.
**[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.8907/page/n573/mode/1up Map: An outline of the N.W. Frontier of India] (digital page 573).
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