British India → Pakistan

8th Punjab Regiment

Presidency of Madras
 
1798: 3rd Extra Madras Battalion
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Masulipatam Battalion
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1800: 1st Battalion,
15th Regiment of
Madras Native Infantry

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2nd Battalion,
15th Regiment of
Madras Native Infantry

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1st Battalion,
16th Regiment of
Madras Native Infantry

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2nd Battalion,
16th Regiment of
Madras Native Infantry

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1st Battalion,
17th Regiment of
Madras Native Infantry

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1st Trichinopoly Light Infantry
Battalion,
16th Regiment of
Madras Native Infantry

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1824: 29th Regiment of
Madras Native Infantry

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30rd Regiment of
Madras Native Infantry

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31st Trichinopoly Light Infantry
Regiment of
Madras Native Infantry

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32nd Regiment of
Madras Native Infantry

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33rd Regiment of
Madras Native Infantry

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1885: 29th Regiment of
Madras Infantry

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30rd Regiment of
Madras Infantry

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31st Trichinopoly Light Infantry
Regiment of
Madras Infantry

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32nd Regiment of
Madras Infantry

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33rd Regiment of
Madras Infantry

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4th Regiment of
Burma Infantry

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3rd Regiment of
Burma Infantry

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32nd Regiment
(4th Burma Battalion) of
Madras Infantry

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33rd Regiment
(3rd Burma Battalion) of
Madras Infantry

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1893: 29th Regiment
(7th Burma Battalion) of
Madras Infantry

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30th Regiment
(5th Burma Battalion) of
Madras Infantry

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31st Regiment
(6th Burma Battalion) of
Madras Light Infantry

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1901: 29th Burma Infantry
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30th Burma Infantry
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31st Burma Light Infantry
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32nd Burma Infantry
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33rd Burma Infantry
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Renumbering into the Indian Army
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1903: 89th Punjabis 90th Punjabis 91st Punjabis
(Light Infantry)
92nd Punjabis 93rd Burma Infantry
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1917: 2nd Battalion raised
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1918: │
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2nd Battalion raised
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2nd Battalion raised
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2nd Battalion disbanded
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92nd (The Prince of Wales’s
Own) Punjabis

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2nd Battalion → 2nd Battalion disbanded │ │ │ → 2nd Battalion, 89th
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1922: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Battalion, 4th (The Prince of Wales’s Own) Battalion, 5th (Burma) Battalion, 10th (Training) Battalion,
8th Punjab Regiment
8th Punjab Regiment
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1940: 6th Battalion raised
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1941: 7th Battalion raised
8th Battalion raised
9th Battalion raised
14th Battalion raised
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1942: 1st Battalion captured
7th Battalion captured
14th Battalion disbanded
15th Battalion raised
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1943: 10th Battalion → Regimental Center
16th Battalion raised
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1946: 9th Battalion → 1st Battalion
15th Battalion disbanded
16th Battalion disbanded
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Pakistan
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1947: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 8th Battalion
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1948: 9th Battalion raised
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Islamic Republic of Pakistan
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1956: merged into
The Baluch Regiment
The Baluch Regiment

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