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72nd Punjabis
 
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1767 16th Battalion of Coast Sepoys
1769 13th Carnatic Battalion
1770 12th Carnatic Battalion
1784 12th Madras Battalion
1796 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
1824 12th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
1885 12th Regiment of Madras Infantry
1890 2nd Burma Battalion
1891 12th Regiment (2nd Burma Battalion) Madras Infantry
1901 12th Burma Infantry
1903 72nd Punjabis
1922.03.01 united with 67th Punjabis, 69th Punjabis, 74th Punjabis, and 87th Punjabis, to form 3rd Bn, 2nd Punjab Regiment
   
   
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Regulars:
  [1st Battalion] [1767-1922]
   
War-Formed Units:
    2nd Battalion [1917-1921]
     
     

Sholinghur, Carnatic, Ava, Burma 1885-87

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Afghanistan 19191

1. Awarded in 1926 to successor regiment.

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