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40th Pathans
 
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1858 The Shahjehanpur Levy
1861.05 44th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
1861.10 40th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
1864 40th (Shahjehanpur) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
1885 40th (Shahjehanpur) Regiment of Bengal Infantry
1890 40th (Baluch) Regiment of Bengal Infantry
1892 40th (Pathan) Regiment of Bengal Infantry
1901 40th Punjab Infantry
1903 40th Pathans
1922.03.01 united with 19th Punjabis, 20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Punjabis, 21st Punjabis, 22nd Punjabis and 24th Punjabis, to form 5th Bn, 14th Punjab Regiment
   
   
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Regulars:
  [1st Battalion] [1858-1922]
   
War-Formed Units:
    2nd Battalion [1918-1918] (disbanded without completing formation)
     
     

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Afghanistan 19191

1. Awarded in 1926 to successor regiment.

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Full Histories:
book Waters, Robert Sidney.  History of the 5th Battalion (Pathans) 14th Punjab Regiment.  London : J. Bain, 1936.
 
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