93rd Burma Infantry The 93rd Burma Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army . The regiment was raised in 1800 as a battalion of Madras Native Infantry . It was designated as the 93rd Burma Infantry in 1903 and became the 5th ( Burma ) Battalion 8th Punjab Regiment in 1922 . In 1947 , it was allocated to the Pakistan Army , where it continues to exist as 5th Battalion of The Baloch Regiment . Early History . The regiment was raised on 1 January 1800 at Guntur , in South India as the 1st Battalion 17th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry by Colonel George Wahab , and was known as " Wahab ki Paltan " ( Wahab ' s Battalion ) . It was composed mostly of Muslims , Tamils and Telugus . In 1803 , it took part in the Second Anglo - Maratha War , while in 1809 , at Cochin , it repulsed a force of 3000 rebels during the Travancore War . In 1817 , the battalion operated against the Pindari s during the Third Anglo - Maratha War . In 1824 , it was redesignated as the 33rd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry . During the Great Indian Rebellion of 1857 , it again operated against the Marathas in Central India . In 1890 , the 33rd Madras Infantry was reconstituted with Punjabi Muslims , Pathans and Sikhs , and permanently based in Burma . Its designation was changed to the 3rd Regiment of Burma Infantry , and in 1891 , to the 33rd Regiment ( 3rd Burma Battalion ) of Madras Infantry . In 1901 , its title was changed to the 33rd Burma Infantry . The Burma Battalions were units raised to police the new territories acquired in the Third Anglo - Burmese War and pacify the rebellious hill tribes inhabiting the frontier regions of Burma . From 1891 to 1893 , the regiment operated in the Kachin State in northern Burma , quelling various outbreaks of rebellion . As part of the reforms brought about in the Indian Army by Lord Kitchener in 1903 , all former Madras units had 60 added to their numbers . Consequently , the regiment ' s designation was changed to 93rd Burma Infantry . In 1910 , the Burma Battalions were delocalised from Burma and in 1913 , the 93rd Burma Infantry moved to Barrackpore in India . On the outbreak of the First World War , the regiment sailed for Egypt in November 1914 , where it was deployed to defend the Suez Canal against the Turks . In September 1915 , they left for France and over the next three months , served in the trenches of the Western Front . Early in 1916 , the regiment arrived in Mesopotamia , where they were engaged in fierce fighting on the Tigris Front during British efforts to relieve the besieged garrison of Kut al Amara . The regiment took part in the Battles of Dujaila Redoubt , Beit Aissa , Khudaira Bend & Jebel Hamrin . It fought with great gallantry and suffered heavy losses in this long and bloody campaign . In 1918 , the 93rd Burma Infantry proceeded to Palestine and took part in the Battle of Megiddo , which led to the annihilation of Turkish Army in Palestine . During the war , the 93rd Burma Infantry suffered 1157 casualties including 235 killed . They received a large number of gallantry awards for their outstanding performance in the war . Subsequent History . After the First World War , the 93rd Burma Infantry was grouped with the 90th , 91st and 92nd Punjabis and the two battalions of 89th Punjabis to form the 8th Punjab Regiment , and was designated as the 5th ( Burma ) Battalion 8th Punjab Regiment in 1922 . During the Second World War , 5 / 8th Punjab ( Burma ) fought in the Burma Campaign and served in the Dutch East Indies . In 1947 , the 8th Punjab Regiment was allocated to the Pakistan Army . In 1956 , it was merged with the Baluch Regiment and 5 / 8th Punjab was designated as 5 Baluch ( now 5 Baloch ) .