127th Baluch Light Infantry The 127th Queen Mary ' s Own Baluch Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army raised in 1844 as The Scinde Bellochee Corps . It was designated as the 127th Baluch Light Infantry in 1903 and became 3rd Battalion ( Queen Mary ' s Own ) 10th Baluch Regiment in 1922 . In 1947 , it was allocated to Pakistan Army , where it continues to exist as 10th Battalion of The Baloch Regiment . Early History . In 1843 , the British conquered Sindh after defeating the ruling confederacy of Baloch chieftains . General Sir Charles Napier , the British commander , was much impressed by the ferocious courage of his Balochi opponents and decided to recruit two irregular battalions of Bombay Army for local service within Sindh . The first of these was raised at Karachi as the Scinde Bellochee Corps or the Bellochee Battalion by Major F . Jackson in 1844 . Its manpower was mostly drawn from Balochis , Sindhis and Pathans from Sindh . Later , it also recruited Brahuis and Punjabi Muslims , while the recruitment area was extended to include Baluchistan , North - West Frontier Province and the Punjab . On the raising of the 2nd Battalion in 1846 , the regiment was designated as the 1st Belooch Battalion . When the Indian Mutiny broke out in 1857 , the 1st Belooch Battalion under Lieutenant Colonel Farquhar was dispatched across the Sindh desert to join the Delhi Field Force . It was engaged in several actions during the siege and capture of Delhi . During the next two years , it fought in numerous engagements in Oudh and Rohilkhand , as the British systematically stamped out all resistance . The regiment was brought into line for its services in North India as the 27th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry or the 1st Belooch Regiment . In 1868 , it took part in the long and arduous Expedition to Abyssinia . The splendid performance of 1st Belooch Regiment in Abyssinia was much appreciated and as a reward , it was converted into Light Infantry . In 1879 - 80 , the 1st Beloochees participated in the Second Afghan War , followed by the Third Burmese War of 1885 - 87 , where they earned the nickname of Capital Campaigners for their excellent performance . In 1897 - 99 , the regiment was sent to British East Africa to quell an insurgency in areas now forming Uganda . 127th Queen Mary ' s Own Baluch Light Infantry . Subsequent to the reforms brought about in the Indian Army by Lord Kitchener in 1903 , all former Bombay Army units had 100 added to their numbers . Consequently , the regiment ' s designation was changed to 127th Baluch Light Infantry . In 1906 , the Princess of Wales ( later Queen Mary ) was appointed Colonel - in - Chief of the regiment . The regimental full dress uniform in 1914 included a rifle green turban and kurta ( knee length tunic ) piped in red , worn with red trousers and white gaiters . The red trousers were a distinctive feature of all five Baluch infantry regiments then serving in the Indian Army . On the outbreak of the First World War , the regiment served in German East Africa and Persia . In 1918 , it raised the 2nd Battalion 127th Queen Mary ’ s Own Baluch Light Infantry , which served in the Palestine and took part in the Battle of Megiddo that led to the defeat of the Turkish Army in Palestine . The 2nd Battalion was disbanded in 1921 . Subsequent History . In 1922 , the regiment was grouped with five other Baluch battalions : 1st & 2nd Battalions of 124th Duchess of Connaught ' s Own Baluchistan Infantry , 126th Baluchistan Infantry , 129th Duke of Connaught ' s Own Baluchis and the 130th King George ' s Own Baluchis ( Jacob ' s Rifles ) , to form the 10th Baluch Regiment . The 127th Queen Mary ' s Own Baluch Light Infantry was redesignated as the 3rd Battalion ( Queen Mary ' s Own ) 10th Baluch Regiment . During the Second World War , 3 / 10th Baluch served in Iran , Iraq , North Africa , Sicily , Italy and Greece . In 1946 , it was selected for conversion into an airborne battalion , but the events of 1947 intervened and on the Partition of India , the battalion , along with the Baluch Regiment was allocated to Pakistan Army . In 1956 , on the merger of 8th Punjab and Bahawalpur Regiment s with the Baluch Regiment , 3 Baluch was redesignated as 10 Baluch ( now 10 Baloch ) . During the Indo - Pakistani Wars of 1965 and 1971 , the battalion fought with distinction in Kashmir and took part in the capture of Chhamb in 1971 .