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33rd Punjabis

33rd Punjabis

Active 1857-1922

Country British India

Branch Army

Type Infantry

Size 2 Battalions

Uniform Red; faced green

Engagements Indian Mutiny 1857-58

Third Anglo-Burmese War

1885-87

First World War 1914-18

Third Afghan War 1919

The 33rd Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as the Allahabad

Levy. It was designated as the 33rd Punjabis in 1903 and became 3rd Battalion 16th Punjab Regiment in 1922. In

1947, it was allocated to the Pakistan Army, where it continues to exist as 15th Battalion The Punjab

Regiment.[1][2]

Early history

The regiment was raised during the upheaval of the Indian Mutiny, by Lieutenant EH Longmore at Allahabad on 23

December 1857, as the Allahabad Levy. It was initially composed of low-caste Hindus, but in 1890, it was

reconstituted with Punjabi Muslims. The regiment took part in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of 1885-87.[2]

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Subsequent to the reforms brought about in the Indian Army by Lord Kitchener in 1903, the regiment's designation

was changed to 33rd Punjabis. During the First World War, the 33rd Punjabis served in Egypt, France, Aden and

German East Africa. In 1917, the regiment raised a second battalion, which was disbanded after the war. In 1919, the

33rd Punjabis participated in the Third Afghan War.[2][]

Subsequent history

In 1921-22, a major reorganization was undertaken in the British Indian Army leading to the formation of large

infantry groups of four to six battalions. Among these was the 16th Punjab Regiment, formed by grouping the 33rd

Punjabis with the 30th, 31st and 46th Punjabis, and the 9th Bhopal Infantry. The battalion's new designation was 3rd

Battalion 16th Punjab Regiment. During the Second World War, the battalion fought in the Malayan Campaign and

was taken prisoner by the Japanese on Singapore Island following the British surrender on 15 February 1942. It was

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re-raised in 1946.[2][]

In 1947, the 16th Punjab Regiment was allocated to Pakistan Army. In 1956, it was merged

with the 1st, 14th and 15th Punjab Regiments to form one large Punjab Regiment, and 3/16th Punjab was

redesignated as 15 Punjab. In 1948, the battalion fought in the war with India in Kashmir, while during the 1965

Indo-Pakistan War, it fought at the Rann of Kutch and Chhamb-Jaurian. In 1971, it served in Lahore Sector.[1]

Punjabi Muslims of 33rd Punjabis. Watercolour by Major AC

Lovett, 1910.

Genealogy 1857 Allahabad Levy

1861 37th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry

1861 33rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry

1864 33rd (Allahabad) Regiment of Bengal Native

Infantry

1885 33rd Regiment of Bengal Infantry

1891 33rd (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

1901 33rd Punjab Infantry

1903 33rd Punjabis

1917 1st Battalion 33rd Punjabis

1922 3rd Battalion 16th Punjab Regiment

1956 15th Battalion The Punjab Regiment

References

[1] Rizvi, Brig SHA. (1984). Veteran Campaigners A History of the

Punjab Regiment 1759-1981. Lahore: Wajidalis.

[2] Lawford, Lt Col JP, and Catto, Maj WE. (1967). Solah Punjab: The

History of the 16th Punjab Regiment. Aldershot: Gale & Polden.

Further reading

Lawford, Lt Col JP, and Catto, Maj WE. (1967). Solah Punjab: The History of the 16th Punjab Regiment.

Aldershot: Gale & Polden.

Rizvi, Brig SHA. (1984). Veteran Campaigners A History of the Punjab Regiment 1759-1981. Lahore:

Wajidalis.

Cardew, Lt FG. (1903).A Sketch of the Services of the Bengal Native Army to the Year 1895. Calcutta: Military

Department.

Gaylor, John (1991). Sons of John Company: The Indian and Pakistan Armies 190391. Stroud: Spellmount.

ISBN 978-0-946771-98-1.

Barthorp, Michael; Burn, Jeffrey (1979).Indian Infantry Regiments 1860-1914. London: Osprey.

ISBN 0-85045-307-0.

Sumner, Ian (2001). The Indian Army 1914-1947. London: Osprey. ISBN 1-84176-196-6.

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External links

16th Punjab Regiment by John Gaylor at Pakistan Military Consortium (http://www.pakdef.info/pakmilitary/

army/regiments/16punjabreg.html)

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