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Revision as of 19:30, 4 April 2011
| 22nd Punjabis | |
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| Active | 1857 - 1922 |
| Land | British India |
| Branch | Army |
| Typ | Infantry |
| Size | 2 Battalions |
| Colors | Red; faced blue |
| Engagements | Indian Mutiny 1857-58 Second Anglo-China War 1860-62 Lushai Expedition 1871 Second Afghan War 1878-80 The Boxer Rebellion 1900 First World War 1914-18 Third Afghan War 1919 |
The 22nd Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as the 11th Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 22nd Punjabis in 1903 and became 3rd Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment in 1922. In 1947, it was allocated to the Pakistan Army, where it continues to exist as 7th Battalion The Punjab Regiment.[1]
Early History
The regiment was raised at Multan on 1 August 1857, during the upheaval of the Indian Mutiny, as the 11th Regiment of Punjab Infantry from the men of the 1st Sikh Infantry and the 3rd Punjab Police Battalion. The regiment took part in the Second Opium War in 1860, the Lushai Expedition of 1871 and the Second Afghan War of 1878-80. In 1900, it was sent to China to supress the Boxer Rebellion.[1]
22nd Punjabis
Subsequent to the reforms brought about in the Indian Army by Lord Kitchener in 1903, the regiment's designation was changed to 22nd Punjabis.[2]
Genealogy
- 1857 11th Regiment of Punjab Infantry
- 1861 26th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1861 22nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1864 22nd (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1885 22nd (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Infantry
- 1901 22nd Punjab Infantry
- 1903 22nd Punjabis
- 1916 1st Battalion 22nd Punjabis
- 1922 3rd Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment
- 1956 7th Battalion The Punjab Regiment
References
Further reading
- Haig, Brodie. Fourteenth Punjab Regiment 1939-1945. London: Lund Humphries, n.d.
- Rizvi, Brig SHA. (1984). Veteran Campaigners – A History of the Punjab Regiment 1759-1981. Lahore: Wajidalis.
- Cardew, Lt FG. (1903). A Sketch of the Services of the Bengal Native Army to the Year 1895. Calcutta: Military Department.
- Gaylor, John (1991). Sons of John Company: The Indian and Pakistan Armies 1903–91. Spellmount. ISBN 978-0-946771-98-1.
- Barthorp, Michael; Burn, Jeffrey (1979). Indian infantry regiments 1860-1914. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 0-85045-307-0.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - Sumner, Ian (2001). The Indian Army 1914-1947. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-196-6.
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See also
External links
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