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 Pun
Officers of the 62nd Punjabis, Ismailia, Egypt, 1914. Captain Claude Auchinleck is standing on far right.
Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)
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The Punjab Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Pakistan Army. The regiment takes its name from the historic Punjab region, which is now divided into the Punjab province of Pakistan and the Indian
62nd Punjabis
…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. The regiment had its antecedents in the old Madras Army of the British…
General Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington, directing the 2/12th Madras Native Infantry (10/1st Punjab), at the Battle of Assaye, 1803. Painting by JC Stadler c. 1815.
20th (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry (now 6 Punjab, Pakistan Army), Egypt, 1882.
33rd Punjabis Watercolour by Maj AC Lovett, 1910.
Field Marshal Ayub Khan, former President of Pakistan