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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 (Pakistan)|Punjab Regiment]]'''.<ref name="Rizvi 1984">Rizvi, Brig SHA. (1984). ''Veteran Campaigners – A History of the Punjab Regiment 1759–1981''. Lahore: Wajidalis.</ref><ref name="Lawford 1967">Lawford, Lt Col JP, and Catto, Maj WE. (1967). ''Solah Punjab: The History of the 16th Punjab Regiment''. Aldershot: Gale & Polden.</ref>

==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. The regiment took part in the [[Third Anglo-Burmese War]] of 1885–87.<ref name="Lawford 1967"/>

==33rd Punjabis==
Subsequent to the [[Kitchener Reforms|reforms]] brought about in the Indian Army by [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|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]].<ref name="Lawford 1967"/><ref name="Gaylor 1991">{{cite book|last=Gaylor|first=John|title=Sons of John Company: The Indian and Pakistan Armies 1903–91|publisher=Stroud: Spellmount|year=1991}}</ref>

==Subsequent history==
In 1921–22, a major reorganization was undertaken in the British Indian Army leading to the formation of infantry groups of four to six battalions. Among these was the 16th Punjab Regiment, formed by grouping the 33rd Punjabis with the [[30th Punjabis|30th]], [[31st Punjabis|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 re-raised in 1946.<ref name="Lawford 1967"/><ref name="Gaylor 1991"/> In 1947, the 16th Punjab Regiment was allocated to Pakistan Army. In 1956, it was merged with the [[1st Punjab Regiment|1st]], [[14th Punjab Regiment|14th]] and [[15th Punjab Regiment]]s to form one large [[Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)|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.<ref name="Rizvi 1984"/>[[File:33rd Punjabis (15 Punjab) (PMs) 1910.jpg|thumb|right|Punjabi Muslims of 33rd Punjabis. Watercolour by Major AC Lovett, 1910.|230px]]

==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==
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==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.
*{{cite book|last=Gaylor|first=John|title=Sons of John Company: The Indian and Pakistan Armies 1903–91|publisher=Stroud: Spellmount|year=1991|isbn=978-0-946771-98-1}}
*{{cite book|last=Barthorp|first=Michael|last2=Burn|first2=Jeffrey|year=1979|title=Indian Infantry Regiments 1860–1914|publisher=London: Osprey|isbn=0-85045-307-0}}
*{{cite book|last=Sumner|first=Ian|title=The Indian Army 1914–1947|year=2001|publisher=London: Osprey|isbn=1-84176-196-6}}

==See also==
*[[16th Punjab Regiment]]
*[[Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)|Punjab Regiment]]
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[[Category:Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)]]
[[Category:British Indian Army infantry regiments]]
[[Category:Indian World War I regiments]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1857]]
[[Category:1857 establishments in India]]

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