62nd Punjabis

62nd Punjabis
Active	1903 - 1922
Country	British Indian Army
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Size	1 Battalion
Nickname(s)	Mootoo Naik ki Paltan
Uniform	Red; faced green
Engagements	Battle of Wandiwash 1860 Siege of Madura 1763 First Anglo-Mysore War 1767-69 Capture of Pondicherry 1778 Second Anglo-Mysore War 1780-84 Third Anglo-Mysore War 1789-92 Second Mahratta War 1803-06 Travancore War 1809 Third Mahratta War 1817-19 Coorg War 1834 First China War 1839-42 Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90 First World War 1914-18
Commanders
Colonel of the Regiment	Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, GCB, GCIE, CSI, DSO, OBE

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 Punjabis in 1903 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 The 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 East India Company, which was largely responsible for the British conquest of south and central India. It was raised at Madras in September 1759, as the 3rd Battalion of Coast Sepoys from existing companies of sepoys that had been raised a year earlier. The men were mostly enlisted from South India and consisted of Muslims and Hindus. The regiment was actively engaged in the wars against the French, Mysore and the Marathas. Their first major engagement was the decisive Battle of Wandiwash in 1760, which ended French colonial ambitions in India. This was followed by forty years of constant warfare against the Sultans of Mysore, and then the Marathas chieftains. In the Second Maratha War of 1803-05, the regiment fought in the Battle of Assaye under General Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington. Its performance at Assaye was much appreciated and it was permitted to display the word "Assaye" with the device of an elephant on their colours and appointments. It was again engaged against the Marathas during the Third Maratha War of 1817-19, which decisively broke the Maratha power in India. In 1840, the regiment took part in the First Anglo-Chinese War, where it again performed well and as a reward, was authorized to bear a golden dragon wearing the imperial crown upon its regimental colours. In the latter part of the 19th century, the regiment did not see much action, although it saw active service in Burma.

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