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|unit_name = Punjab Christian Battalion<br>71st Punjabis<br />
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|dates = 9 July 1917 – 1919<br />
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The '''71st Punjabis''' was an [[infantry]] [[regiment]] of the [[British Indian Army]] that formed part of the [[Indian Army during the First World War]]. Raised in July 1917, it was later absorbed into the [[111th Mahars]] in 1919.<br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:Tehran War Cemetery 1111.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission|CWGC]] headstone of a [[sepoy]] of the 71st Punjabis in [[Tehran]], Iran]]<br />
The '''Punjab Christian Battalion''' was raised on 9 July 1917<ref name=Perry176>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=176}}</ref> in [[Montgomery (town), British India|Montgomery]].<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=RVi-BAAAQBAJ&q=71st+punjabis&pg=RA3-PA63 |title=Indian Army List January 1919 |volume=2 |date=3 February 2012 |publisher=Army Headquarters, India |pages=1299–1302 |isbn=9781781502570 |access-date=5 August 2015}}</ref> It was numbered as the '''71st Punjabis''' in December 1917 and joined the [[44th (Ferozepore) Brigade]] in [[16th Indian Division]]. It served with the brigade and division on the [[Military history of the North-West Frontier|North West Frontier]]<ref name=Perry139>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=139}}</ref> until May 1918 when it was transferred to [[Bushire]].<ref name=Perry162>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=162}}</ref><br />
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In 1919 the regiment was absorbed into the [[111th Mahars]].<ref name=Gaylor9>{{harvnb|Gaylor|1996|p=9}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[71st Coorg Rifles]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist|2}}<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* {{cite book<br />
|last = Gaylor<br />
|first = John<br />
|year = 1996<br />
|edition = 2nd<br />
|title = Sons of John Company: The Indian and Pakistan Armies 1903–1991<br />
|publisher = Parapress<br />
|location = Tunbridge Wells<br />
|isbn = 1-898594-41-4<br />
}}<br />
* {{cite book<br />
|last = Perry<br />
|first = FW<br />
|year = 1993<br />
|title = Order of Battle of Divisions Part 5B. Indian Army Divisions<br />
|publisher = Ray Westlake Military Books<br />
|location = Newport<br />
|isbn = 1-871167-23-X<br />
}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite web |url= http://www.everymanremembered.org/cemeteries/cemetery/91700/?sortby=regiment&page=2 |title=Wall of Remembrance: Tehran War Cemetery |publisher=The Royal British Legion |access-date=5 August 2015}}<br />
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[[Category:British Indian Army infantry regiments]]<br />
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1917]]<br />
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1919]]<br />
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