Former infantry regiment of the armies of British India and Pakistan
8th Punjab Regiment |
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Active | 1922 - 1956 |
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Allegiance | British India (1922 - 47) Pakistan (1947 - 56) |
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Branch | British Indian Army Pakistan Army |
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Type | Line Infantry |
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Regimental Centre | Lahore |
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Uniform | Drab; faced blue |
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March | God Bless the Prince of Wales |
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Engagements | Second Poligar War 1801 Second Anglo-Maratha War 1803-05 Travancore War 1808-09 Third Anglo-Maratha War 1817-19 Third Kandy War 1818 First Burma War 1824-26 Naning War 1831-32 Coorg War 1834 Second Burma War 1852-53 Indian Rebellion of 1857 Second Afghan War 1878-80 Rampa Rebellion of 1879 Third Burma War 1885-87 Upper Burma 1890-96 Manipur Expedition 1891 The Boxer Rebellion 1900 First World War 1914-18 (France & Flanders, Egypt, Palestine, Gallipoli, Mesopotamia, Aden, Salonika, Russia) Third Afghan War 1919 Iraqi Revolt 1920 Second World War 1939-45 (Italy, Iran, Iraq, Burma, Malaya, French Indochina, Dutch East Indies) Kashmir War 1948 |
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Colonel-in-Chief | King Edward VIII |
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Colonels of the Regiment | General Sir Edward Quinan Brigadier Fazal Ur Rahman Kallue |
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Military unit
The 8th Punjab Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. It was transferred to Pakistan Army on Partition of India in 1947 and merged with the Baluch Regiment in 1956.