The 1st Battalion, Sindh Regiment is an infantry battalion of the

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of the

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History

The battalion was originally raised in 1940 as the 6th Battalion (Machine Gun),

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in the

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. It initially served on the North West Frontier in: *

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* Landi Kotal Brigade (August 1943 - September 1944) From May to October 1945 the battalion participated in the

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as part of

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. Its companies provided machine gun support to the

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, 37th, and

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s. The battalion was then sent with the 23rd Division to

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in November 1945. From April 1946 it transferred to the

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Brigade when the remainder of the division returned to India. After the war, in 1946, most of the war-raised battalions of the 8th Punjab were deactivated except the 6th and 8th Battalions. Ahmad, Maj RN, and Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin. (2006). ''Unfaded Glory: The 8th Punjab Regiment 1798-1956''. Abbottabad: The Baloch Regimental Centre Upon the independence of

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and

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in August 1947, the battalion was assigned to the Pakistan Army together with the rest of 8th Punjab and several other infantry regiments including the

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and the

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. Sikhs and Gujars in the battalion were exchanged with Muslims from units allocated to the

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. In January 1948 the battalion was deactivated but was raised again in October 1948, in response to the Kashmir War with India. In 1956, Pakistan merged the 8th Punjab with the 10th Baluch and the Bahawalpur Regiments to form the

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. The 6th Battalion was re-designated as 13th Battalion,

. Since independence, the Pakistan Army had been dominated by

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, with as much as 77% of army personnel being from that group. A specific regiment was created to address concerns of underrepresentation of Sindhis. This was done on 1 July 1980 by the transfer of eleven battalions from the

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and ten battalions from the

. The 13th Battalion, Baloch Regiment was re-designated as 1st Battalion, Sindh Regiment. After 1989 the proportion of Sindhis in the regiment was increased to over 50%.

Battle honours

(May 1945) *

(1945–1946)

Alliances and affiliations

* -

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References

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