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Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)

Punjab Regiment
Active 1759–Present
Country

Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg Company Rule 1759–1858

India British India 1858–1947

 Pakistan 1947–Present
Branch Pakistan Army
Type Light Infantry
Size 74 Battalions
Regimental Centre Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Nickname(s) Punjabis
Anniversaries Defence Day
Engagements Seven Years' War
First Anglo-Mysore War
Second Anglo-Mysore War
Third Anglo-Mysore War
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
Second Anglo-Maratha War
Travancore War
Anglo–Nepalese War
Third Anglo-Maratha War
First Burma War
Coorg War
First Anglo-Afghan War
First Anglo-Chinese War
Indian Rebellion of 1857
Bhutan War
1868 Expedition to Abyssinia
Second Anglo-Afghan War
Anglo-Egyptian War
Boxer Rebellion
Somaliland Campaign
Chinese Revolution of 1911
World War I
Third Anglo-Afghan War
World War II
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Siachen Conflict
Kargil War
War in North-West Pakistan
Commanders
Notable
commanders
General Ayub Khan
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq

Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg Company Rule 1759–1858

India British India 1858–1947

The Punjab Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Pakistan Army. The modern regiment was formed in 1956 from an amalgamation of the 1st Punjab Regiment, 14th Punjab Regiment, 15th Punjab Regiment and 16th Punjab Regiment. Since then the regiment has expanded in strength to now include 47 Battalions.

It is the senior-most regiment in the Army, tracing its lineage back over two hundred and fifty years to 1759. The regiment's battalions have a distinguished record of military service spanning the rise and decline of British power in South Asia, both World Wars and post independence Pakistan.


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