British India → India

2nd Punjab Regiment

Presidency of Madras
 
1761: 8th Battalion of Coast Sepoys
1763:
10th Battalion of Coast Sepoys
1769:

16th Battalion of Coast Sepoys
1769: 8th Carnatic Battalion
10th Carnatic Battalion
13th Carnatic Battalion
1770: 7th Carnatic Battalion
9th Carnatic Battalion
12th Carnatic Battalion
1776:


14th Carnatic Battalion
1784: 7th Madras Battalion
9th Madras Battalion
12th Madras Battalion
14th Madras Battalion
1796: 1st Battalion,
7th Regiment of
Madras Native Infantry

1st Battalion,
9th Regiment of
Madras Native Infantry

2nd Battalion,
12th Regiment of
Madras Native Infantry

2nd Battalion,
6th Regiment of
Madras Native Infantry

1798:



1st Extra Madras Battalion
1798:











1st Battalion,
14th Regiment of
Madras Native Infantry

1824: 7th Regiment of
Madras Native Infantry

9th Regiment of
Madras Native Infantry

12th Regiment of
Madras Native Infantry

14th Regiment of
Madras Native Infantry

27th Regiment of
Madras Native Infantry

1885: 7th Regiment of
Madras Infantry

9th Regiment of
Madras Infantry

12th Regiment of
Madras Infantry

14th Regiment of
Madras Infantry

27th Regiment of
Madras Infantry

1890:

2nd Burma Battalion


1891:





12th Regiment
(2nd Burma Battalion) of
Madras Infantry







1901: 7th Madras Infantry
9th Madras Infantry
12th Madras Infantry
14th Madras Infantry
27th Madras Infantry
Renumbering into the Indian Army
1903: 67th Punjabis 69th Punjabis 72nd Punjabis 74th Punjabis 87th Punjabis
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1915: 2nd Bn raised




1917:

2nd Bn raised


1918:
2nd Bn raised



1921:

2nd Bn disbanded


2nd Bn → 2nd Bn, 67th
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1922: 1st Bn, 2nd Bn, 3rd Bn, 4th Bn, 5th Bn, 10th (Training) Bn,
2nd Punjab Regiment
2nd Punjab Regiment
1938: 4th Bn disbanded
1940: 6th Bn raised
1941: 7th Bn raised
1942: 5th Bn captured
8th Bn raised
10th Bn → Regimental Center
1946: 6th Bn disbanded
8th Bn disbanded
Union of India
1947: 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 7th Bn
1947: The Punjab Regiment
The Punjab Regiment
1948: 8th Bn raised
9th Bn raised
1949: 2nd Bn → 1st Bn, The Brigade of the Guards
Republic of India
1950:
1952: 1st Bn → 1st Bn, The Parachute Regiment
1954: Jind Infantry → 13th (Jind) Bn
Nabha Akal Infantry → 14th (Nabha Akal) Bn
1st Patiala Rajinder Sikh Infantry → 15th (Patiala) Bn
2nd Patiala Yadvinder Infantry → 16th (Patiala) Bn
1962: 17th Bn raised
1979: 7th Bn → 8th Bn, The Mechanised Infantry Regiment
18th - 29th Bn raised