62nd Punjabis
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The 62nd Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1759 as the 3rd Battalion of Coast Sepoys, and formed part of the Madras Army. It was designated as the 62nd Punjabis in 1903 and became 1st Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment in 1922. In 1947, it was allocated to the Pakistan Army, where it continues to exist as 1st battalion, Punjab Regiment. It is the senior-most surviving infantry battalion of the British Indian Army.
Officers of the 62nd Punjabis, Ismailia, Egypt, 1914. Captain Claude Auchinleck is standing on far right.
Madras Army
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The Madras Army was the army of the Presidency of Madras, one of the three presidencies of British India within the British Empire.
Left to right, the Madras Horse Artillery, the Madras Light Cavalry, the Madras Rifle Corps, the Madras Pioneers, the Madras Native Infantry, and the Madras Foot Artillery, c. 1830
A painting showing a sowar (cavalry equivalent of sepoy), 6th Madras Light Cavalry c. 1845.
The 1st Madras Pioneers, c. 1890
The Queen's Own Madras Sappers and Miners, 1896