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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.

'''D Company''', 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles had its headquarters at [[Rawalpindi]]. It was recruited from the various Civil Departments with strength, exclusive of officers, 98 in 1907. '''G Company''', 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles, had its headquarters at [[Murree]], and was composed of cadets belonging to the [[Lawrence Military Asylum]] at Ghora Gali, near Murree. '''H Company''', 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles contained civilian residents from Rawalpindi and Murree, and had its headquarter at Murree. In 1907 G and H Companies were "in strength 121 men, exclusive of officers".<ref>Page 228, computer page 251 ''Punjab District Gazetteers, Volume XXVIIIA, Rawalpindi District 1907'', published 1909, available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.</ref>  A small detachment of the Punjab Light Horse Volunteers and '''F Company ''' of the 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles (strength about 75 in 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>