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|dates=1903 – 1922
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|battles=[[Third Anglo-Mysore War|Third Mysore War]] 1789-92 [[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War|Fourth Mysore War]] 1798-99 [[Second Anglo-Maratha War|Second Mahratta War]] 1803-06 [[First Anglo-Burmese War|First Burma War]] 1824-26 [[Upper Burma]] 1890-93 [[First World War]] 1914-18 [[Third Afghan War]] 1919<ref name="Qureshi 1958">Qureshi, Maj MI. (1958). ''The First Punjabis: History of the First Punjab Regiment 1759-1956''. Aldershot: Gale & Polden.</ref>
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The '''82nd Punjabis''' was an infantry regiment of the [[British Indian Army]]. It was raised in 1788, as the 29th Madras Battalion. It was designated as the 82nd Punjabis in 1903 and became the 5th Battalion [[1st Punjab Regiment]] in 1922. In 1947, it was allocated to the [[Pakistan Army]], where it continues to exist as '''4th Battalion [[Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)|The Punjab Regiment]]'''.<ref name="Qureshi 1958"/>

==Early history==
The regiment had its antecedents in the old [[Madras Army]] of the British [[East India Company]], which was largely responsible for the British conquest of south and central [[India]]. Captain James Dalrymple at [[Ellore]] in November 1788, as the 29th Madras Battalion. Next year, it took part in the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War|Third Mysore War]]. In 1799, it took part in the [[Battle of Seringapatam|Seringapatam]]. Four years later, it was engaged in the [[Second Anglo-Maratha War|Second Mahratta War]], while in 1824, it moved to [[Burma]] to take part in the [[First Anglo-Burmese War|First Burma War]]. It returned to Burma in 1890, and was engaged in the pacification of [[Upper Burma]] following the [[Third Anglo-Burmese War]].<ref name="Qureshi 1958"/>

==82nd Punjabis==
[[File:22nd Madras Native Infantry - 5-1st (4) Punjab 1861.jpg|thumb|right|22nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry, 1861.|305px]]
In 1903, the regiment, now designated as the 22nd Madras Infantry, was reconstituted with Punjabi Muslims, Hazarawals, [[Sikh]]s and Hindu [[Jat]]s. As a result of the [[Kitchener Reforms|reforms]] brought about in the Indian Army by [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Lord Kitchener]], all Madras units had 60 added to their numbers, and the regiment's designation was changed to 82nd Punjabis. On the outbreak of the [[First World War]] in 1914, the 82nd Punjabis were serving on the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)|North West Frontier]] of India. In January 1916, they were dispatched to [[Mesopotamian Campaign|Mesopotamia]], where they were engaged in the desperate British efforts to relieve the besieged garrison at [[Kut al Amara]]. The regiment suffered 223 casualties in the [[Battle of Dujaila Redoubt]] in March 1916. In January 1917, it fought in the Battle of the Hai Salient and then took part in the British advance towards [[Baghdad]]. In the fierce fighting at Shumran, while crossing the [[River Tigris]], the regiment again suffered heavy casualties. After [[Fall of Baghdad (1917)|capture of Baghdad]] on 15 March, the 82nd Punjabis remained employed on guard duties, first at Baghdad, and then on the Persian frontier. They returned home in February 1919, and later that year, participated in the [[Third Afghan War]].<ref name="Qureshi 1958"/>

==Subsequent History==
After the First World War, the 82nd Punjabis were grouped with the [[62nd Punjabis|62nd]], [[66th Punjabis|66th]], [[76th Punjabis|76th]] and [[84th Punjabis]], and the [[1st Brahmans]] to form the 1st Punjab Regiment in 1922. The battalion was redesignated as 5th Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment. During the [[Second World War]], 5/1st Punjab fought in the [[Burma Campaign|Burmese Campaign]]. After the Japanese invasion of Burma, the battalion fought in a number of rear-guard actions, as the British retreated a thousand miles to India. In 1944, it fought in the Second Arakan Campaign, and then took part in the Reconquest of Burma.<ref name="Qureshi 1958"/> After the war, the battalion was sent to Japan as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force.<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> In 1947, the 1st Punjab Regiment was allocated to Pakistan Army. In 1956, it was merged with the [[14th Punjab Regiment|14th]], [[15th Punjab Regiment|15th]] and [[16th Punjab Regiment]]s to form one large [[Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)|Punjab Regiment]], and 5/1st Punjab was redesignated as 4 Punjab.<ref name="Qureshi 1958"/> During the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War, the battalion fought at Suleimanki, while in the 1971 war, it again distinguished itself in the [[Battle of Chamb|Battle of Chhamb]].<ref>Rizvi, Brig SHA. (1984). ''Veteran Campaigners – A History of the Punjab Regiment 1759-1981''. Lahore: Wajidalis.</ref>[[File:Awan Sepoy (82nd Punjabis).jpg|thumb|right|Sepoy 82nd Punjabis. Watercolour by Major AC Lovett, 1910.|225px]]

==Genealogy==
*1788 29th Madras Battalion
*1796 2nd Battalion 11th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
*1824 22nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
*1885 22nd Regiment of Madras Infantry
*1901 22nd Madras Infantry
*1903 82nd Punjabis
*1922 5th Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment
*1956 4th Battalion The Punjab Regiment

==See also==
*[[1st Punjab Regiment]]
*[[Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)|Punjab Regiment]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
*Qureshi, Maj MI. (1958). ''The First Punjabis: History of the First Punjab Regiment 1759-1956''. Aldershot: Gale & Polden.
*Wilson, Lt Col WJ. (1882–88). ''History of the Madras Army''. Madras: The Government Press.
*Phythian-Adams, Lt Col EG. (1943). ''Madras Infantry 1748-1943''. Madras: The Government Press.
*Rizvi, Brig SHA. (1984). ''Veteran Campaigners – A History of the Punjab Regiment 1759-1981''. Lahore: Wajidalis.
*{{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}}
*{{cite book|last=Sumner|first=Ian|title=The Indian Army 1914-1947|year=2001|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=1-84176-196-6}}
* {{cite book|last=Gaylor|first=John|title=Sons of John Company: The Indian and Pakistan Armies 1903–91|publisher=Spellmount|year=1991|isbn=978-0-946771-98-1}}

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