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[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]][[Category:Punjab Frontier Force]]==== Known as the '''3rd Sikhs ====''' and '''53rd Sikhs'''
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== Chronology ==
*'''1846''' raised as 3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Frontier Brigade by Capt F Winter at Ferozpur
*'''1847''' renamed 3rd Regiment of Sikh Local Infantry
*'''1851''' renamed 3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force
*'''1865''' became the '''3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force.'''
*'''1901''' became 3rd Sikh Infantry
*'''1903''' became 53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force)
*'''1922''' amalagmated with four other regiments to form four battalions of [[12th Frontier Force Regiment ]] becoming 3rd Battalion
*'''1935''' became 3rd Royal Battalion (Sikhs), 12th Frontier Regiment
*'''1945''' became 3rd Royal Battalion (Sikhs), Frontier Force Regiment
*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan
*'''1957''' amalgamated with the Pathan Regiment and the Frontier Force Regiment forming The Frontier Force Regiment and known as the 5th Battalion
==Regimental history==*''The Frontier Force Regiment'', compiled by Brigadier W. E. H. Condon 1962. Available online, see below. == External Links links ==*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Frontier_Force_Regiment 12th Frontier Force Regiment] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Force_Regiment Frontier Force Regiment] Wikipedia*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160426120712/http://pakdef.org/12th-frontier-force-regiment/ 12th Frontier Force Regiment] pakdef.org, now archived.*[https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/frontier-force-regiment.33526/ Frontier Force Regiment] defence.pk*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/530822.html "Military Operations in Aden 1914-1915"] by Harry Fecitt, from [http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/home.html Harry’s Sideshows] kaiserscross.com. Includes mention of the 53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force)===Historical books online===*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284313 ''The Historical Record Of The 3rd Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force''] Published 1904. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1962-the-frontier-force-regiment-by-condon-s-pdf/ ''The Frontier Force Regiment''] compiled by Brigadier W. E. H. Condon 1962. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR - Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD). [[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]][[Category:Punjab Frontier Force Infantry]]
