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In 1912, a A small detachment of the Punjab Light Horse Volunteers and F Company of the 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles (strength about 75in 1912) was recruited from and stationed in Delhi<ref> Delhi District Gazetteer 1912, page 194 from [http://revenueharyana.gov.in/html/mainchild/gazatteers.htm Gazetteers Of Haryana], Haryana Government website</ref>
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Originally raised as the [[1st Punjab Volunteer Rifle Corps]] on the 1st April 1861 and on the 15th July absorbed the [[Punjab Light Horse (Volunteers)]] which was raised on the 27th March 1867. In 1908 it was known as the 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles.<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/imperialgazette05unkngoog#page/n72/mode/1up ''Imperial Gazetteer of India : Provincial Series Punjab Volume II The Lahore, Rawalpindi and Multan Divisions and Native States''], page 40 1908 Archive.org</ref>, with headquarters at Lahore. On the 1st April 1917 became the [[3rd Punjab Rifles]] before becoming the Punjab Rifles on the 1st October 1920.
[http://www.archive.org/stream/punjabdisturbanc01lahouoft#page/20/mode/2up/search/Rifles ''Punjab disturbances, April 1919; compiled from the Civil and military gazette''], 1919 Archive.org, page 20 indicates that the 3rd Punjab Rifles were on the strength of the Command set up at Lahore to deal with the emergency created by the outbreak of disorder.
