15th Punjab Regiment

15th Punjab Regiment

Active	1922 - 1956
Country	British India 1922 - 47 Pakistan 1947 - 56
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Regimental Centre	Sialkot
Uniform	Scarlet; faced buff
Engagements	Indian Mutiny 1857-58 Second Anglo-China War 1860-62 Assam 1862-63 Bhutan War 1864-66 Lushai Expedition 1871 Second Afghan War 1878-80 Third Burma War 1885-87 Somaliland Campaign 1901-04 Chinese Revolution of 1911 First World War 1914-18 Burmese Rebellion 1931-32 Second World War 1939-45 Kashmir War 1948

The 15th Punjab Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. It was transferred to Pakistan Army on independence in 1947, and amalgamated with the 1st, 14th and 16th Punjab Regiments in 1956 to form the Punjab Regiment.

The 15th Punjab Regiment was formed in 1922 by the amalgamation of the 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th Punjabis. All five battalions were raised during the upheaval of the Indian Mutiny in 1857 by John Lawrence in the Punjab. The 27th Punjabis served in China during the Second Opium War in 1860-62, while the 26th and 29th Punjabis participated in the Bhutan War of 1864-66. All battalions saw service on the North West Frontier of India and took part in the Second Afghan War of 1878-80, while the 26th and 27th Punjabis also served in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of 1885-87. In 1901, the 27th Punjabis were dispatched to British Somaliland to suppress the resistance movement led by the Somali religious leader Abdullah Hassan of the Dervish State.