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*4th Battalion: see [[32nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry|92nd Punjab Regiment]]
*5th Battalion: see [[33rd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry|93rd Burma Infantry Regiment]]
At Independence in 1947 the 8th Punjab Regiment was allocated to Pakistan. In 1956 it was merged with the [[10th Baluch Regiment| Baloch Regiment]],<ref>Wikipedia article</ref> with Regimental Centre now at [[Abbottabad]].
==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==
*[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.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/19/a9001919.shtml "8th Punjab Regtl. Centre"] [c 1945] by Des McDougall. Located at [[Lahore]]. The author was a newly commissioned British officer, who had attended the Officers’ Training School, [[Bangalore]]. bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar.
*[https://www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk/Baloch-Regiment.php Baloch Regiment: History] pakistanarmy.gov.pk
==References==
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