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|dates=1759–1922<br />
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|type=Infantry<br />
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|colors=Red; faced, 1857 sky-blue, 1882 yellow, 1905 green, 1914 emerald green<br />
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|battles=[[Carnatic Wars]]<br>[[Third Anglo-Mysore War]]<br>[[World War I]]<br>[[Third Afghan War]]<br />
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The '''67th Punjabis''' were an [[infantry]] [[regiment]] of the [[British Indian Army]]. They could trace their origins to 1759, when they were raised as the 8th Battalion Coast Sepoys.<br />
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The regiment's first action was during the [[Carnatic Wars]] followed by the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War]].{{Cn|date=January 2018}}<br />
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In 1914, during [[World War I]] the regiment was at first in the [[4th (Quetta) Division]] which remained in India, on internal security and as a training unit. A second battalion was formed and both were posted overseas and served in the [[12th Indian Division]] which fought in the [[Battle of Shaiba]], the [[Battle of Khafajiya]] and the [[Battle of Nasiriya]] in the [[Mesopotamia Campaign]].<ref>Sharma, p.23</ref> Two platoons were also posted to [[Tabriz]], [[Iran]] as part of the [[Norperforce]].<ref>Haldane 2005, p. {{page needed|date=January 2018}}</ref> The second battalion was also involved in the Mesopotamia campaign with the [[14th Indian Division]] and fought in the [[Second Battle of Kut]] and the [[Fall of Baghdad (1917)]]. Both battalions then served in the [[Third Afghan War]].{{Cn|date=January 2018}}<br />
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After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.<ref>Sumner p.15</ref> In 1922, the 67th Punjabis became the 1st and 10th (Training) Battalions, [[2nd Punjab Regiment]].<ref>Sharma, p.24</ref> After independence they were one of the regiments allocated to the [[Indian Army]].<ref>Sharma, p.28</ref><br />
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Post independence, the regiment was renamed the Punjab Regiment (India) and the original battalion became part of the 50th Parachute Brigade along with 3 Maratha and 1 Kumaon. In April 1952, 1st Punjab (Para), along with 3 Maratha (Para) and 1 Kumaon (Para) were amalgamated to form the Parachute Regiment, with 1st Punjab (Para) being renamed 1 Para (Punjab), 3 Maratha (Para) being renamed 2 Para (Maratha) and 1 Kumaon (Para) 3 Para (Kumaon). The suffix 'Punjab' was later dropped in 1960. In 1978, the unit became the third commando battalion of the Indian Army after 9 and 10 Para Cdo. Presently, the unit is called 1st Para (Special Forces) and celebrated its 250 Raising Day in October 2011.{{Cn|date=January 2018}}<br />
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==Predecessor names==<br />
*8th Battalion Coast Sepoys – 1759<br />
*8th Carnatic Battalion – 1769<br />
*7th Carnatic Battalion – 1770 <br />
*7th Madras Battalion – 1784<br />
*1st Battalion, 7th Madras Native Infantry – 1796<br />
*7th Madras Native Infantry – 1824<br />
*7th Madras Infantry – 1885<br />
*67th Punjabis – 1903<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{cite book|last=Barthorp|first=Michael|last2=Burn|first2=Jeffrey|year=1979|title=Indian Infantry Regiments 1860–1914|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=0-85045-307-0}}<br />
* {{cite book |publisher = The Imperial War Museum in association with the Battery Press |isbn = 1904897169 |ol = 22727753M |location = London |title = The Insurrection in Mesopotamia, 1920 |author = Haldane, J. Aylmer L. Sir |date = 2005 |oclc = 60688896 |id = 1904897169}}<br />
*Moberly, F.J. (1923). ''Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign'', Imperial War Museum. {{ISBN|1-870423-30-5}}<br />
*{{cite book|last=Rinaldi|first=Richard A|year=2008|title=Order of Battle British Army 1914|publisher=Ravi Rikhye|isbn=978-0-9776072-8-0}}<br />
*{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=Gautam|year=1990|title=Valour and Sacrifice: Famous Regiments of the Indian Army|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=81-7023-140-X}}<br />
*{{cite book|last=Sumner|first=Ian|title=The Indian Army 1914-1947|year=2001|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=1-84176-196-6}}<br />
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[[Category:Military history of the Madras Presidency]]<br />
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1759]]<br />
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