1st Punjab Regiment
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The 1st Punjab Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. Upon the Partition of India, it was transferred to the newly-raised Pakistan Army. It ceased to exist in this form in 1956, when it was amalgamated with the 14th, 15th and 16th Punjab regiments to form the Punjab Regiment, an existing infantry regiment of the Pakistan Army.[2][3][4]
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Active | 1922–1956 |
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Type | Infantry |
Regimental Centre | Jhelum |
Uniform colours | Scarlet, green |
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Colonel of the Regiment | Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck (GCB, GCIE, CSI, DSO, OBE) |
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