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30th Punjabis
 
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1857.06 22nd Regiment of Punjab Infantry
raised in Ludhiana from loyal Bengal soldiers on leave (four coys PMs, four coys Sikhs, two coys Dogras)
1861.05 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
1861.10 30th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
1864 30th (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
reorganised in eight coys (four Sikhs, two Dogras, two PMs)
1885 30th (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Infantry
1901 30th Punjab Infantry
1903 30th Punjabis
1922.03.01 united with 31st Punjabis, 33rd Punjabis, 9th Bhopal Infantry, and 46th Punjabis, to form 1st Bn, 16th Punjab Regiment
   
   
pip 30th Punjabis, by Stephen Luscombe (The British Empire)
HQ and Regimental Centre:
HQ at Rawalpindi, later Jhansi
Regt Ctr: Peshawar (linked with 29th Regiment and 31st Regiment)
Regulars:
[1st Battalion] [1857-1922]
 
War Formed Units:
2nd Battalion [1917-1922]
3rd Battalion [1918-1919]
4th Battalion [1918-1919]

Afghanistan 1879-80, Chitral, Tirah, Punjab Frontier

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Afghanistan 19191

1. Awarded in 1926 to successor regiment.

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1904.05.13 Maj-Gen. Robert Dallas Campbell
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Regimental Journal:
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Full Histories:
book [see successor regiment]
Short Histories:
book Lawford, James. 30th Punjabis. Reading, Berks. : Osprey, 1972. ISBN 0850450616 (Men-at arms ; 31)